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I frattali Africani: Ron Eglash

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"Sono un matematico, e vorrei salire sul vostro tetto." E' così che Ron Eglash salutava molte famiglie africane, durante la sua ricerca sui pattern frattali osservati nelle foto aree da tutto il continente.

"Sono un matematico, e vorrei salire sul vostro tetto." E' così che Ron Eglash salutava molte famiglie africane, durante la sua ricerca sui pattern frattali osservati nelle foto aree da tutto il continente.

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Ron Eglash is an ethno-mathematician: he studies the way math and cultures intersect. He has shown that many aspects of African design -- in architecture, art, even hair braiding -- are based on perfect fractal patterns.

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