Clouds Are Not Spheres
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
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.
- Year : 2010
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : Gordon Films UK
- Keyword : mathematics, mathematician, geometry, ibm, fractal
- Director : Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
- Cast : Benoît B. Mandelbrot, Martin Shaw, Ivar Giaever, Pierre Roubinet, Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Carl Evertsz