http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/re_the_blood_scarf_a That beautiful rippled pencil sculpture reminds me of this project I saw in Craft magazine a few days ago. Crafty math nerds at the "Institute for Figuring" are crocheting coral reefs, sea urchins and anenomes using hyperbolic prinicples. Hott.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:07:01 -0800 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:49:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Why is it everyone hates math until they see someone knit a scarf that's a piece of hyperbolic space and then starting "owwwing" and "awwwing"? It's disturbing that the only thing most people get from math is that you can make pretty designs.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/re_the_blood_scarf_a#c554021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/re_the_blood_scarf_a#c554021 Arts Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:49:37 -0800