The beautiful math of coral

Name: The beautiful math of coral
Uploaded: 2009-04-20T01:00:00Z
Duration: 15 min 14 s
Description: 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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Margaret Wertheim |

TED2009

• February 2009

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.