Clouds Are Not Spheres

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.

Directed by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Top cast

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Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Self

Martin Shaw

Self - Host

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Ivar Giaever

Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

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Pierre Roubinet

Self - Philosopher

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Self - Mathematician

C

Carl Evertsz

Self - Physicist

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Martin Gutzwiller

Self - Theoretical Physicist

R

Ralph E. Gomory

Self - Former Head of Research IBM

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Ronald Coifman

Self - Mathematician

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Bernard Sapoval

Self - Physicist

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