The Crocheting Maths Professor
10th Nov 2019
Today’s post is a little self-indulgent, because I want to tell you a brilliant story about craft, maths and genius. In 1997, a Latvian maths professor called Daina Taimina was taking part in a geometry workshop at Cornell University. A hyperbolic plane was being modelled using strips of paper delicately stuck together in a temporary, … More The Crocheting Maths Professor
