Best of Make: Online 2010 — Math Mondays

In looking at the best of what Make: Online had to offer in 2010, George Hart’s wonderful “Math Monday” columns immediately sprung to mind. Each week, George does a fantastic job of covering the wonders of mathematics through a series of crafty projects. It’s math and science meets arts, crafts, and various forms of making (from papercraft to wood- and metalworking, to playing with your food). Look for more cool “Math Monday” columns in 2011.

Here are a few of our faves:

Mathematically-Correct Breakfast (Introducing Math Mondays)

Wearable geometry

3D Hilbert curve in steel pipe

See links to all of the Math Monday columns after the jumpMore:

• Math Monday: Mathematical lathe work, Part II
• Math Monday: Math doodles
• Math Monday: Egg carton constructions
• Math Monday: Giant wobbler
• Math Monday: Colossal compounds
• Math Monday: 3D Hilbert curve in steel pipe
• Math Monday: Wearable geometry
• Math Monday: Gyrangle
• Math Monday: Wire torus challenge
• Math Monday: What to make from drinking straws?
• Math Monday: Paper knot pentagons
• Math Monday: Geometric fruit carving
• Math Monday: Human-scale string constructions
• Math Monday: Geometric sculpture barn raising in DC
• Math Monday: Mathematical needlepoint
• Math Monday: Mathematical crochet
• Math Monday: Mathematical quilts
• Math Monday: Geometric origami
• Math Monday: The twisted torus
• Math Monday: Binder clip constructions
• Math Monday: Twirligami
• Math Monday: Found objects
• Math Monday: Kirigami polyhedra
• Math Monday: Mathematical lathe work
• Math Monday: Modular Kirigami
• Math Monday: Mathematical beading
• Math Monday: Nailbanger’s Nightmare
• Math Monday: Recycling soda bottles into icosahedra
• Math Monday: Two-layer geodesic spheres
• Math Monday: What to make with golf balls?
• Math Monday: Knitted cellular automaton tea cosy
• Math Monday: Whittling links and knots
• Math Monday: Magnet constructions
• Math Monday: Hexagonal stick arrangements
• Math Monday: Paper plate geometry
• Math Monday: 3D Hilbert curve from plumbing supplies
• Math Monday: Math-play with your food
• Math Monday: Mathematical art in the lava
• Math Monday: Balloon polyhedra
• Math Monday: Sierpinski tetrahedron
• Math Monday: Skewer hyperboloid
• Math Monday: Morton Bradley sculpture
• Math Monday: Tetraxis puzzle
• Math Monday: Giant burr puzzles
• Math Monday: Fractal polyhedra clusters
• Math Monday: Giant SOMA puzzle
• Math Monday: Tie your bagel in a knot!
• Math Monday: Playing card constructions
• Introducing “Math Monday”