Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)
01/01/2010 (GB) • 55m
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Self - Host
Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
Self - Philosopher
Self - Mathematician
Self - Physicist
Self - Theoretical Physicist
Self - Former Head of Research IBM
Self - Mathematician
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