Product Details

• Actors: Arthur C. Clarke, Benoît Mandelbrot, Stephen Hawking, Ian Stewart
• Format: Color, NTSC, DVD
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
• Run Time: 52 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002DQMXMM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,485 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The Mandelbrot set - someone has called it the thumbprint of God - is one of the most beautiful and remarkable discoveries in the entire history of mathematics. With Arthur C. Clarke as narrator and interviews with a number of notable mathematicians, including Benoît Mandelbrot, this program graphically illustrates how simple formulas can lead to complicated results: it explains the set, what it means, its internal consistency, and the revolutions in thought resulting from its discovery. Asked if the real universe goes on forever, Stephen Hawking defines its limit of smallness; the Mandelbrot set, on the other hand, may go on forever.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars God's thumbprint!, March 12, 2010

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R. Schlatter - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fractals: The Colors of Infinity (DVD)

I just left a wonderful math class and learned about fractals, the Mandelbrot set etc etc...its all in this video... this is something so simple yet so complex. God is evident in every one He has created and in every thing we see. Every person must view this video!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Convert this to Blu-ray, December 23, 2008

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Richard Shapiro "Music Lover" (Los Angeles, CA US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FRACTALS: The Colors of Infinity (VHS Tape)

I've had this unique video tape for years. But now I gave up my VHS player for a Blu-ray player.
Why don't they convert Colors of Infinity to Blu-ray or at least make a DVD version? The moving fractal images that are shown are just beautiful along with a great soundtrack. Arthur C. Clarke and Benoit Mandelbrot do an excellent job explaining fractal geometry as do other experts. This video would look beautiful in HD and breathtaking in Blu-Ray.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars FRACTALS: The Colors of Infinity video- excelent, January 6, 2009

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Alfred F. Akers (Lewisburg, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: FRACTALS: The Colors of Infinity (VHS Tape)

While a bit of a "trip" with the graphics and music from Pink Floyd, the video is a good layman's explanation of how fractals are part of our existence. One gets the feeling that fractals are as important as time, space and E=Mc2 and are all interrelated and unified. I first saw this on PBS several years ago and have been wanting to add it to my collection of "Connections" and "COSMOS". I suppose time will tell if the video's claims of mathematical purity are true.