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Clouds Are Not Spheres

Clouds Are Not Spheres

# The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
Documentary
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English , French
📆 Date Released: 2010-01-01
⌚ Running Time: 55 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.7

Beloved Cast

Benoît B. Mandelbrot original image
Self
Benoît B. Mandelbrot
Martin Shaw original image
Self - Host
Martin Shaw
Ivar Giaever original image
Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
Ivar Giaever
Pierre Roubinet original image
Self - Philosopher
Pierre Roubinet
Heinz-Otto Peitgen original image
Self - Mathematician
Heinz-Otto Peitgen
Carl Evertsz original image
Self - Physicist
Carl Evertsz
Martin Gutzwiller original image
Self - Theoretical Physicist
Martin Gutzwiller
Ralph E. Gomory original image
Self - Former Head of Research IBM
Ralph E. Gomory
Ronald Coifman original image
Self - Mathematician
Ronald Coifman
Bernard Sapoval original image
Self - Physicist
Bernard Sapoval

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