Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
2010 · 0h 55m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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.
Director: Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
Cast
Benoît B. Mandelbrot as SelfMartin Shaw as Self - HostIvar Giaever as Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in BiologyPierre Roubinet as Self - PhilosopherHeinz-Otto Peitgen as Self - MathematicianCarl Evertsz as Self - PhysicistMartin Gutzwiller as Self - Theoretical PhysicistRalph E. Gomory as Self - Former Head of Research IBMRonald Coifman as Self - MathematicianBernard Sapoval as Self - PhysicistMore like this
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