Clouds Are Not Spheres
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
7.7(3) 2010-01-01 55 minDocumentary
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.
DirectorNigel Lesmoir-Gordon
Cast & characters
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Benoît B. Mandelbrot
as Self
Martin Shaw
as Self - Host
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Ivar Giaever
as Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
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Pierre Roubinet
as Self - Philosopher
Heinz-Otto Peitgen
as Self - Mathematician
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Carl Evertsz
as Self - Physicist
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Martin Gutzwiller
as Self - Theoretical Physicist
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Ralph E. Gomory
as Self - Former Head of Research IBM
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Ronald Coifman
as Self - Mathematician
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Bernard Sapoval
as Self - Physicist
