Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)
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Subtitles for: Clouds Are Not Spheres (2010)
"The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician"
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.
| Rate | ★ 7.7/10 (3 votes) |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Duration | 55m |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Release | 01 Jan 2010 |
| Language | EN |
| Director | Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon |
| Keywords | mathematics mathematician geometry ibm fractal |
| IMDb | tt15806620 ↗ |
| Type | Movie Released |
Cast
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Benoît B. Mandelbrot
Self
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Martin Shaw
Self - Host
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Ivar Giaever
Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
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Pierre Roubinet
Self - Philosopher
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Heinz-Otto Peitgen
Self - Mathematician
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Carl Evertsz
Self - Physicist
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Martin Gutzwiller
Self - Theoretical Physicist
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Ralph E. Gomory
Self - Former Head of Research IBM
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Ronald Coifman
Self - Mathematician
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Bernard Sapoval
Self - Physicist