Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral (and crochet)
发布时间 2009-04-20 14:44:35 来源
摘要
http://www.ted.com Science writer Margaret Wertheim re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician -- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation.
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