This is the second time I've seen crochet used to model complex structures. Check it out, using crochet to model cloud formation.
http://io9.com/5876510/artist-uses-crochet-to-create-scientifically-accurate-fractal-clouds
And in this Ted talk, Margaret Wertheim uses crochet to explain complex mathematical "shapes"
http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_wertheim_crochets_the_coral_reef.html
Computer science is not about machines, in the same way that astronomy is not about telescopes. There is an essential unity of mathematics and computer science -- Mike Fellows (often attributed to Dijkstra, but first published by Fellows in 1991 in "Computer SCIENCE and Mathematics in the Elementary Schools")
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)