Clouds Are Not Spheres

Clouds Are Not Spheres

Release Date: 2010-01-01

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.

Rating: 7.7 / 10

Cast

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

as Self - Host

Ivar Giaever

Ivar Giaever

as Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

Pierre Roubinet

Pierre Roubinet

as Self - Philosopher

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

as Self - Mathematician

Crew

  • Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon - Director

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