Clouds Are Not Spheres
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55mins
Directed by
Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon,
Starring
Benoît B. Mandelbrot,
Martin Shaw,
Ivar Giaever,
Pierre Roubinet
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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.