Crocheting Adventures With Hyperbolic Planes

Author : Daina Taimina
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351402196
Total Pages : 865 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes written by Daina Taimina and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Euler Book Prize, awarded by the Mathematical Association of America. With over 200 full color photographs, this non-traditional, tactile introduction to non-Euclidean geometries also covers early development of geometry and connections between geometry, art, nature, and sciences. For the crafter or would-be crafter, there are detailed instructions for how to crochet various geometric models and how to use them in explorations. New to the 2nd Edition; Daina Taimina discusses her own adventures with the hyperbolic planes as well as the experiences of some of her readers. Includes recent applications of hyperbolic geometry such as medicine, architecture, fashion & quantum computing.

Author : Daina Taimina
Publisher : A K Peters/CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568814520
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes written by Daina Taimina and published by A K Peters/CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-02-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Euler Book Prize -- Awarded by the Mathematical Association of America With more than 200 full color photographs, this non-traditional, tactile introduction to non-Euclidean geometries also covers early development of geometry and connections between geometry, art, nature, and sciences. For the crafter or would-be crafter, there are detailed instructions for how to crochet various geometric models and how to use them in explorations. From the Foreword by William Thurston: "These models have a fascination far beyond their visual appearance. As illustrated in the book, there is actually negative curvature and hyperbolic geometry all around us, but people generally see it without seeing it. You will develop an entirely new understanding by actually following the simple instructions and crocheting! The models are deceptively interesting. Perhaps you will come up with your own variations and ideas. In any case, I hope this book gives you pause for thought and changes your way of thinking about mathematics."

Author : sarah-marie belcastro
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439865132
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Mathematics with Needlework written by sarah-marie belcastro and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical craftwork has become extremely popular, and mathematicians and crafters alike are fascinated by the relationship between their crafts. The focus of this book, written for mathematicians, needleworkers, and teachers of mathematics, is on the relationship between mathematics and the fiber arts (including knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, and quilting). Each chapter starts with an overview of the mathematics and the needlework at a level understandable to both mathematicians and needleworkers, followed by more technical sections discussing the mathematics, how to introduce the mathematics in the classroom through needlework, and how to make the needlework project, including patterns and instructions.

Author : Margaret Wertheim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space written by Margaret Wertheim and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the properties of hyperbolic space were known for 200 years, it was only in 1997 that mathematician Daina Taimina worked out how to make physical models of it. The method she used was crochet. In this book, Margaret Wertheim presents a brief history of hyperbolic space in mathematics and nature, and offers a "field guide" to its crocheted manifestations.

Author : sarah-marie belcastro
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439867682
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crafting by Concepts written by sarah-marie belcastro and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the editors of the popular Making Mathematics with Needlework, this book presents projects that highlight the relationship between types of needlework and mathematics. Chapters start with accessible overviews presenting the interplay between mathematical concepts and craft expressions. Following sections explain the mathematics in more detail,

Author : Margaret Wertheim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977962235
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crochet Coral Reef written by Margaret Wertheim and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now perhaps the world's largest participatory art and science project, the Crochet Coral Reef combines mathematics, marine biology, environmental consciousness-raising and community art practice. Almost 8,000 people around the world have contributed to making an ever-evolving archipelago of giant woolen seascapes, which have been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery, the Smithsonian and many other venues. This fully illustrated book, written by the project's creators--Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring--brings together the scientific and mathematical content behind the project, along with essays about the artistic and cultural resonances of this unique experiment in radical craft practice. With a wealth of color illustrations, the book serves as a record of the 30-plus Crochet Reefs worldwide and names all 7,000-plus contributors in a specially designed section.

Author : Ellie Baker
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1466588497
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crafting Conundrums written by Ellie Baker and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for crafters, puzzle lovers, and pattern designers alike, Crafting Conundrums: Puzzles and Patterns for the Bead Crochet Artist provides methods, challenges, and patterns that offer a springboard for creative exploration. All are illustrated with beautiful color diagrams and photographs. Experienced bead crochet crafters looking for a project may choose to skip ahead to the pattern pages and begin crocheting from an abundance of unique, mathematically inspired designs. Those wishing to design their own patterns will find many useful tools, template patterns, and a new methodology for understanding how to do so even without using math. Puzzle lovers without previous knowledge of bead crochet will also find ample inspiration for learning the craft. The first part of the book describes the basic requirements and constraints of a bead crochet pattern and explains what makes designing in this medium so tricky. The authors present their new design framework and offer insight on how best to approach design choices and issues unique to bead crochet. The second part presents a series of bead crochet design challenges informed by colorful bits of mathematics, including topology, graph theory, knot theory, tessellations, and wallpaper groups. Each chapter in this section begins with a design puzzle accompanied by an introduction to the mathematical idea that inspired it. The authors then discuss what made the challenge difficult, present some of their solutions, and describe the thinking and ideas behind their approach. The final part contains nearly 100 original bead crochet patterns, including solutions to all the design challenges. This part also provides a tutorial on the fundamentals of bead crochet technique. Behind the deceptively simple and uniform arrangement of beads is a subtle geometry that produces compelling design challenges and fascinating mathematical structures. In color throughout, Crafting Conundrums gives both math enthusiasts and crafters an innovative approach to creating bead crochet patterns while addressing a variety of mathematically inspired design questions. Supplementary materials, including demo videos, are available on the book’s CRC Press web page.

Author : David Wilson Henderson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experiencing Geometry written by David Wilson Henderson and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctive approach of Henderson and Taimina's volume stimulates readers to develop a broader, deeper, understanding of mathematics through active experience--including discovery, discussion, writing fundamental ideas and learning about the history of those ideas. A series of interesting, challenging problems encourage readers to gather and discuss their reasonings and understanding. The volume provides an understanding of the possible shapes of the physical universe. The authors provide extensive information on historical strands of geometry, straightness on cylinders and cones and hyperbolic planes, triangles and congruencies, area and holonomy, parallel transport, SSS, ASS, SAA, and AAA, parallel postulates, isometries and patterns, dissection theory, square roots, pythagoras and similar triangles, projections of a sphere onto a plane, inversions in circles, projections (models) of hyperbolic planes, trigonometry and duality, 3-spheres and hyperbolic 3-spaces and polyhedra. For mathematics educators and other who need to understand the meaning of geometry.

Author : Carolyn Yackel
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470429314
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Figuring Fibers written by Carolyn Yackel and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pick up this book and dive into one of eight chapters relating mathematics to fiber arts! Amazing exposition transports any interested person on a mathematical exploration that is rigorous enough to capture the hearts of mathematicians. The zenith of creativity is achieved as readers are led to knit, crochet, quilt, or sew a project specifically designed to illuminate the mathematics through its physical realization. The beautiful finished pieces provide a visual understanding of the mathematics that can be shared with those who view them. If you love mathematics or fiber arts, this book is for you!

Author : Masha Gessen
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848313098
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perfect Rigour written by Masha Gessen and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, an eccentric Russian mathematician named Grigori Perelman solved one of the world's greatest intellectual puzzles. The Poincare conjecture is an extremely complex topological problem that had eluded the best minds for over a century. In 2000, the Clay Institute in Boston named it one of seven great unsolved mathematical problems, and promised a million dollars to anyone who could find a solution. Perelman was awarded the prize this year - and declined the money. Journalist Masha Gessen was determined to find out why. Drawing on interviews with Perelman's teachers, classmates, coaches, teammates, and colleagues in Russia and the US - and informed by her own background as a math whiz raised in Russia - she set out to uncover the nature of Perelman's astonishing abilities. In telling his story, Masha Gessen has constructed a gripping and tragic tale that sheds rare light on the unique burden of genius.