# The beautiful math of coral

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2009
- Speaker: Margaret Wertheim
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Biology, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_wertheim_the_beautiful_math_of_coral)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [The beautiful math of coral](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/margaret_wertheim_the_beautiful_math_of_coral/b6bb11b47047), 16 min (TED's player)