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New York Times article on the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef!
remember this??
It's coming to NY!
Want to Save a Coral Reef? Bring Along Your Crochet Hook By PATRICIA COHEN
Published: March 4, 2008

The New York Coral Reef will be on display at the World Financial
Center this April. for more info:
http://www.nyccrochetguild.org/ (thanks, Kim for the heads up!)

original related lj post on Taimina's work from last january with more links about the coral reef in comments
Crafty Geometry!

Two great tastes that taste great together. Complex mathematics and crochet!:)

"Geometry teachers usually try to explain the hyperbolic plane via flat models that wildly distort its geometry—making lines look like semicircles, for instance. How, Taimina wondered, could she give her students a feel for hyperbolic geometry's counterintuitive properties? While attending a workshop, the answer came to her: Crochet a piece of hyperbolic fabric...."

tori, Lorenz manifolds, hyperbolic planes and Yarn? ohmY

(thanks