Clouds Are Not Spheres
Seen it?2010 | 55 min | Documentary
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at spy-story fans and anyone who likes learning something new. Nobody is quite who they seem.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Well paced for a documentary, at 55 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Skip it if you want made-up drama tonight.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon
- 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