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Is God a Number?
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Clouds Are Not Spheres
The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician
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 Billed Cast
Benoît B. Mandelbrot Self
Martin Shaw Self - Host
Ivar Giaever Self - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology
Pierre Roubinet Self - Philosopher
Carl Evertsz Self - Physicist
Martin Gutzwiller Self - Theoretical Physicist
Ralph E. Gomory Self - Former Head of Research IBM
Ronald Coifman Self - Mathematician
Bernard Sapoval Self - Physicist
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