Clouds Are Not Spheres

January. 01,2010      
Rating:
7.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Martin Shaw as  Self - Host
Heinz-Otto Peitgen as  Self - Mathematician

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Reviews

Stevecorp
2010/01/01

Don't listen to the negative reviews

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Baseshment
2010/01/02

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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TrueHello
2010/01/03

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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Portia Hilton
2010/01/04

Blistering performances.

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