The read
It runs a compact 55m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Nigel Lesmoir-GordonDirector
Cast
- Benoît B. MandelbrotSelf
- Martin ShawSelf - Host
- Ivar GiaeverSelf - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
- Pierre RoubinetSelf - Philosopher
- Heinz-Otto PeitgenSelf - Mathematician
- Carl EvertszSelf - Physicist
- Martin GutzwillerSelf - Theoretical Physicist
- Ralph E. GomorySelf - Former Head of Research IBM
- Ronald CoifmanSelf - Mathematician
- Bernard SapovalSelf - Physicist
Themes
mathematicsmathematiciangeometryibmfractal