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マーガレット・ワーザイム: 珊瑚と かぎ針編みに見る美しき数学の世界

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マーガレット・ワーザイムは、数学者が発明したかぎ針編みの手法を用いて、珊瑚礁を再現するプロジェクトを進めています。珊瑚礁の驚くべき側面を紹介し、珊瑚をつくり出す中で見られる双曲幾何学の世界へと案内します。

By masterminding a project to model a coral reef armed only with crochet hooks, Margaret Wertheim hopes to bring some of the most complicated mathematical models embodied in our universe into the minds (and hands) of the masses. Full bio »

Translated into Japanese by Takako Sato
Reviewed by Aiko McLean
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