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玛格丽特·威特海姆:珊瑚(和编织)的美丽数学

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玛格丽特·威特海姆领导的项目致力于利用编织技术——由一位数学家发明——来重现珊瑚礁的生物,在赞颂珊瑚礁惊艳之美的同时,也让人理解了珊瑚礁生物背后所蕴含的双曲线几何之美。

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 »

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