CinemaOSMovie · 2010 · 0h 55m

Clouds Are Not Spheres

The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician

77%(3)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byNigel Lesmoir-Gordon

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 55m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2010
Studios
Gordon Films UK

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Self

Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Self - Host

Ivar Giaever

Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

Pierre Roubinet

Self - Philosopher

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Self - Mathematician

Carl Evertsz

Self - Physicist

Martin Gutzwiller

Self - Theoretical Physicist

Ralph E. Gomory

Self - Former Head of Research IBM

Ronald Coifman

Self - Mathematician

Bernard Sapoval

Self - Physicist

Creative team
Directed by
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon

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