Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)
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.
Director: Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
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BenoƮt B. Mandelbrot as Self |
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Martin Shaw as Self - Host |
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Ivar Giaever as Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology |
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Pierre Roubinet as Self - Philosopher |
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Heinz-Otto Peitgen as Self - Mathematician |
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Carl Evertsz as Self - Physicist |
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Martin Gutzwiller as Self - Theoretical Physicist |
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Ralph E. Gomory as Self - Former Head of Research IBM |
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Ronald Coifman as Self - Mathematician |
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Bernard Sapoval as Self - Physicist |
| Directing | Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon | Director |