Clouds Are Not Spheres
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
2010 | 55m | English
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| Director: | Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 2010 |
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| Director: | Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | mathematician, mathematics, geometry, ibm, fractal |
| Production Companies | Gordon Films UK |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
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Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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| Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon | Director |
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