Clouds Are Not Spheres

7.7 / 10

(3 votes)

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

55 minutes

Year:

2010

Director:

Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

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Company:

Gordon Films UK

Cast:
Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Self

Martin Shaw

Self - Host

Ivar Giaever

Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

Pierre Roubinet

Self - Philosopher

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Self - Mathematician

Crew:
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Director