Clouds Are Not Spheres

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.

Cast

B

Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Self

Martin Shaw

Self - Host

I

Ivar Giaever

Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

P

Pierre Roubinet