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Gömböc The Great, Indigo M. Strickert, Lori E. Bradford
Gömböc The Great, Indigo M. Strickert, Lori E. Bradford
The STEAM Journal
A sonnet written about the mathematics behind the self-righting shape of some tortoise shells.
Virtual Temari: Artistically Inspired Mathematics, Carl Giuffre, Lee Stemkoski
Virtual Temari: Artistically Inspired Mathematics, Carl Giuffre, Lee Stemkoski
Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
Technology can be a significant aide in understanding and appreciating geometry, beyond theoretical considerations. Both fiber art and technology have been employed as a significant aide and an inspiring vessel in education to explore geometry. The Japanese craft known as temari, or "hand-balls", combines important artistic, spiritual, and familial values, and provides one such approach to exploring geometry. Mathematically, the artwork of temari may be classified based on whether they are inspired by polyhedra and discrete patterns or by periodic functional curves. The resulting designs of these categories provide an ancient vantage for displaying spherical patterns. We illustrate a …
Equations Of Light - The Steam Journal Inaugural Issue, The Cover Art, Chris Brownell
Equations Of Light - The Steam Journal Inaugural Issue, The Cover Art, Chris Brownell
The STEAM Journal
This is the background to some of the work, art and thinking that went into the cover art for the inaugural issue.