The Beautiful Math of Coral
Geometry & Parallel Lines
Possible Animation Tool Ideas
Crochet Project
Spherical Space
Hyperbolic Space
Euclidean Space
Only ONE line is parallel
NO lines are parallel on a spherical plane
INFINITELY many lines are parallel
Microsoft PowerPoint
How to Crochet Steps
YouTube Video - How to Crochet for Absolute Beginners
- Choose your crochet hook
- Grab your yarn
- How to hold a crochet hook and yarn
- How to create a slip knot for crochet
- How to chain crochet
- How to fasten off your crochet design
"Through an unlikely fusion of mathematics, marine biology, handicraft and collective art practice, the Wertheims and their contributors produce large-scale coralline landscapes both beautiful and blighted."
"Anchored in the fields of both ecology and geometry, the Crochet Reef began in 2005, when – in response to devastation on the Great Barrier Reef in their native state of Queensland – the Wertheims conceived of constructing an artificial reef, based on the fact that corals, kelps and other sea creatures are biological incarnations of hyperbolic geometry, an alternative to the usual Euclidean variety."