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Margaret Wertheim despre frumoasa matematica a coralilor (si crosetatul)

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Margaret Wertheim conduce un proiect pentru a recrea recifele de corali folosind o tehnica de crosetat inventata de o matematiciana -- celebrand minunatiile recifului si facand o incursiune in geometria hiperbolica ce sta la baza crearii coralilor.

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 Romanian by Anamaria Muresan
Reviewed by Laszlo Kereszturi
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