Colours! Clouds! God! Win a DVD of three short films about mathematics and the infinite Mandelbrot Set. Includes a chill out track with music by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
Colours of Infinity presented by Arthur C. Clarke, delves into the wonderful world of the Mandelbrot set and fractal geometry: a discovery that could only be realised with advanced computers, without which they could never be seen. A simple mathematical formula had led to amazing uses in all branches of science, medicine, computer graphics, weather reporting and analysis, geography, topography and even economics.
Clouds Are Not Spheres tells the story of the life and work of Benoît Mandlebrot. A great innovator and discoverer of the Mandlebrot set and fractal geometry, Mandlebrot is a highly regarded maverick mathematician.
Is God a Number? is a fascinating account of the science of mathematics and its connection to mind and consciousness. Presented by Michael Barnsley featuring Sir Roger Penrose, the film looks at the mystery of consciousness, while exploring the links between mathematics, mind and the physical, observable universe.
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