Documentary

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.

"The life and work of a Maverick Mathematician"

Credits

Benoît B. MandelbrotSelf

Martin ShawSelf - Host

Ivar GiaeverSelf - Physicist & Nobel Prize-Winner in Biology

Pierre RoubinetSelf - Philosopher

Heinz-Otto PeitgenSelf - Mathematician