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Math!

The Beauty in Math

I had the absolute delight to view an example of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project at a local museum yesterday. The project was started in 2005 by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring and was inspired by a presentation by Cornell mathematician Dr. Daina Taimina (read her original paper Crocheting the […]

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Public Service

Greetings and Salutations

Post author By Ophelia Payne
Post date Monday, October 11th, 2010

Starting a wee bit late today, but we’re going to make up for it with some fantastic stuff for you to read today. We’re refreshed and inspired after the weekend and we hope you are too!

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