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The beautiful math of coral

Margaret Wertheim · TED

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Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician -- celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic geometry underlying coral creation.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED2009
Speaker
Margaret Wertheim
Year
2009
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Biology, Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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