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(Video) The beautiful math of coral (and crochet)

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by DangerJ, May 15, 2015.

  1. May 15, 2015 #1
    DangerJ Des Moines, IA

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    I thought I'd share this video I came across while browsing TED talks. Margaret Wertheim creates entire lifelike replicas of coral reefs by crochet.

    There's a lot of very good info contained in the vid but I'll leave that for the discussion :)

     
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    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    That's crazy! The only way to model a hyperbolic structure is with crochet. Who knew!
     
  3. May 15, 2015 #3
    DangerJ Des Moines, IA

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    It's incredible, isn't it?

    The astounding point for me is that, for centuries we have had these great minds saying "you can't do that, you can't do that" regarding hyperbolic lines when we've got roughly 72% of our entire planet living in an environment that allows such a thing to exist.

    "Well, I can't say there have been many mathematicians looking at sea slugs"
     
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    Bud West Des Moines, IA

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    Just add this to the list of things that science actually can't explain:

    - how a bicycle works
    - why ice is slick
    - how many planets we have in our solar system
    - how gravity actually works
     
  5. May 15, 2015 #5
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    "How exactly does a posi-trac rear end in a Plymouth work."
    "Nobody knows!"
    "Joe dirts dad"
     

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