Clouds Are Not Spheres

Name: Clouds Are Not Spheres
Rating: 7.7

The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: Benoît B. Mandelbrot, Martin Shaw, Ivar Giaever, Pierre Roubinet, Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Writer: N/A

Release Date:
January 1, 2010

Ratings:
7.7 / 10

Director:
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

Companies:
Gordon Films UK

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.

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