Friday, June 4, 2010

Thematic ref: Hyperbolic Geometry

http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_wertheim_crochets_the_coral_reef.html

Her artists are responding to global warming issues and in particular, the degradation of coral reefs. Their response takes the form of crocheting corals as this is the only known way to model hyperbolic mathematics - it evades even the most sophisticated computer modeling programmes. Ain't nature wonderful.

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