On a Thursday night in Ithaca, New York, Daina Taimina, an ebullient blond mathematician at Cornell University, sits at her kitchen table with her husband, David Henderson, a Cornell professor of ...

The crinkled edges of a lettuce leaf curve and expand in a shape that has perplexed mathematicians for centuries. Those curves -- an example of a high-level geometry concept called the hyperbolic ...

The long-running project, sometimes described as the environmental version of the AIDS quilt, thrives on convoluted math and a sea of volunteers. Coral reefs inspired the crochet exhibition “Austrian ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This model of the hyperbolic plane ...

I recently heard the inspiring story of Dr. Daina Taimina. Taimina is a Latvian mathematician who teaches geometry at Cornell. She solved a problem mathematicians have been trying to solve for ...

It first catches your eye as a riot of color at the back of the hall, visible through a gap between a couple of other exhibits. You investigate, and it reveals itself as a wondrous mishmash of ...

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Coral reefs can be crocheted. The atmosphere can be knit. And a stop sign can be folded into a pair of pants. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

The annual prize for the oddest book title has been won by the splendidly eccentric Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes, by Dr Daina Taimina. Last year's winner was The 2009-2014 World ...

LONDON – A book charting the frontier between needlework and geometry won this year’s Diagram Prize for oddest book title. “Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes” by mathematician Daina Taimina ...