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Clouds Are Not Spheres(2010)

01/01/2010

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0h 55m

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The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician

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.

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Martin Shaw

Martin Shaw

Self - Host

Ivar Giaever

Ivar Giaever

Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

Pierre Roubinet

Pierre Roubinet

Self - Philosopher

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Self - Mathematician

Carl Evertsz

Carl Evertsz

Self - Physicist

Martin Gutzwiller

Martin Gutzwiller

Self - Theoretical Physicist

Ralph E. Gomory

Ralph E. Gomory

Self - Former Head of Research IBM

Ronald Coifman

Ronald Coifman

Self - Mathematician

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Original Language

EN

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