Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes : Tactile Mathematics, Art and Craft for all to Explore, Second Edition / by Daina Taimina.

Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes : Tactile Mathematics, Art and Craft for all to Explore, Second Edition /

Winner, Euler Book Prize, awarded by the Mathematical Association of America. With over 200 full color photographs, this non-traditional, tactile introduction to non-Euclidean geometries also covers early development of geometry and connections between geometry, art, nature, and sciences. For the cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taimin̦a, Daina (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor and Francis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2018.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Geometry, Hyperbolic.
Crocheting > History.
Mathematics > Geometry > General.
Crocheting.
Electronic books.
Online Access: Full text (WIT users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by William Thurston Introduction 1. What Is the Hyperbolic Plane? Can We Crochet It? 2. What Can You Learn from Your Model? 3. Four Strands in the History of Geometry 4. Tidbits from the History of Crochet 5. What is Non-Euclidean Geometry? 6. Pseudosphere 7. Metamorphoses of the Hyperbolic Plane 8. Other Surfaces with Negative Curvature 9. Looking for Applications of Hyperbolic Geometry 10. Hyperbolic Crochet goes Viral Appendix. How to Make Models.

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