Documentary

Clouds Are Not Spheres

- The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician

Until recently geometry was 'cold', incapable of describing the irregular shape of a cloud, the slope of a mountain or the beauty of the human body. With fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot gave us a language for our natural world. In this captivating documentary, the man himself explains this groundbreaking discovery.

Release Date : 2010-01-01

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gordon Films UK

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Clouds Are Not Spheres: The Fractal Theory of Benoit Mandelbrot VideoClouds Are Not Spheres: A Portrait of Benoît Mandelbrot, the Founding Father of Fractal GeometryClouds Are Not Spheres: The Life and Work of a Maverick Mathematician

Cast

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Host

Original Name : Martin Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

Original Name : Ivar Giaever

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Philosopher

Original Name : Pierre Roubinet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Mathematician

Original Name : Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Physicist

Original Name : Carl Evertsz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Theoretical Physicist

Original Name : Martin Gutzwiller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Former Head of Research IBM

Original Name : Ralph E. Gomory

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Mathematician

Original Name : Ronald Coifman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self - Physicist

Original Name : Bernard Sapoval

Gender : Male

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