Clouds are not Spheres

Directed by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
1995    55mDocumentary
7.0
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 of Clouds are not Spheres

  • Benoît B. MandelbrotSelf
  • Martin ShawSelf - Host
  • Ivar GiaeverSelf - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
  • Pierre RoubinetSelf - Philosopher
  • Heinz-Otto PeitgenSelf - Mathematician
  • Carl EvertszSelf - Physicist
  • Martin GutzwillerSelf - Theoretical Physicist
  • Ralph E. GomorySelf - Former Head of Research IBM
  • Ronald CoifmanSelf - Mathematician
  • Bernard SapovalSelf - Physicist
  • Nigel Lesmoir-GordonDirector
  • Nigel Lesmoir-GordonWriter
  • Bill RoodWriter
  • John TateWriter

 

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