Clouds Are Not Spheres
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
2010-01-01 | 55 minutes
Plot Summary
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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