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Crocheting adventures with hyperbolic planes : tactile mathematics, art and craft for all to explore

Title
Crocheting adventures with hyperbolic planes : tactile mathematics, art and craft for all to explore / Daina Taimin̦a.
ISBN
9781138301153
1138301159
9780203732731
Edition
Second edition.
Publication
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]
Physical Description
ix, 200 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Summary
"The 2nd edition of this nontraditional, tactile introduction to hyperbolic geometry has updated chapters on the early development of geometry and connections between geometry, art, nature, and sciences, including some more recent applications of hyperbolic geometry in medicine, neuroscience, architecture, fashion design, quantum computing. Crafters who enjoyed the crocheting hyperbolic planes described in first edition ... will be delighted to find more detailed step-by-step instructions for how to crochet some new geometric models and how to use them in explorations. Richly illustrated with more than 300 full-color photographs, this text not only gently introduces a reader to beautiful geometry but also reveals some of Daina Taimina's own adventures with the hyperbolic planes, as well as the experiences of some of her readers from all over the world during 20 years of hyperbolic crochet."--Back cover.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 26, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
What is the hyperbolic plane? Can we crochet it?
What can you learn from your model?
Strands in the history of geometry
Tidbits from the history of crochet
What is non-Euclidean geometry?
Pseudosphere
Metamorphoses of the hyperbolic plane
Other surfaces with negative curvature
Looking for applications of hyperbolic geometry
Hyperbolic crochet goes viral
Appendix : how to make models.
Genre/Form
History.
Citation

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