A Brilliant Madness
Clouds Are Not Spheres
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
7.7/10
55 min | English Français | 2010-01-01
Synopsis
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.
Genres
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