Clouds Are Not Spheres
Jan 01, 2010 | IMDB 7.7
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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.
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IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2015
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IMDB 7.8 | Apr , 2015
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IMDB 8 | May , 2002
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IMDB 8 | May , 1994
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 1987
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IMDB 8.3 | Jan , 1999
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2019
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IMDB 6.3 | Dec , 2013
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