Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes
Author: Daina Taimina
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 865
Release: 2018-02-19
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1351402196

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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.


Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes
Language: en
Pages: 865
Authors: Daina Taimina
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-19 - Publisher: CRC Press

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Winner, Euler Book Prize, awarded by the Mathematical Association of America. With over 200 full color photographs, this non-traditional, tactile introduction t
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Pages: 0
Authors: Daina Taimina
Categories: Mathematics
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-12 - Publisher: CRC Press

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Language: en
Pages: 97
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Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Ellie Baker
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-19 - Publisher: CRC Press

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