Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
2010-01-01
United Kingdom
55 Min.
PG-13
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.
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
Self - Physicist