Clouds Are Not Spheres

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.

Top Cast

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