Math Monday: Try a Torus
Learn how to make a torus model and then how to create a 7-color Ungar-Leech map on it.
Continue ReadingLearn how to make a torus model and then how to create a 7-color Ungar-Leech map on it.
Continue ReadingPlaying around with mathematics using the ubiquitous hula hoop.
Continue ReadingPlaying around with mathematics using the ubiquitous hula hoop.
Continue ReadingI’m excited to see that Greg Borenstein has launched Makematics, a blog that covers his own exploration of advanced math topics that are found in new creative applications by and for makers.
Continue ReadingVi Hart pushes back on Pi and whole Pi Day thingy.
Continue ReadingIt is an amazing fact that it’s mathematically possible to pass a cube through a hole in another cube of the same size. If you stand a cube up on a corner (with a diagonal vertical) and shine a light down on it, its shadow is a regular hexagon. If you calculate carefully, you’ll find that a square face of the cube can fit inside this hexagon with a bit of room to spare on all sides.
Continue ReadingHere are parts two and three of Vi Harts’ brilliant and dizzying exploration of the Fibonacci number, plant growth patterns, and the mathematics behind other cool, spiraly things.
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