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Science News
February 10, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
White Narcissus Alhough sculptor Robert Longhurst's abstract sculptures bear an uncanny resemblance to mathematical forms known as minimal surfaces, they emerge from Longhurst's imagination rather than from mathematics...   |
Science News
February 16, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
A Snowy Twist Snow-sculpture of mathematical shapes. |
Science News
February 5, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Knot Divided in Snow Mathematical forms are no longer unusual sights at the annual International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge. Mathematician Stan Wagon of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and his team have carved huge blocks of snow into graceful geometric shapes. |
Science News
February 7, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Turning a Snowball Inside Out Turning a sphere inside out without allowing any sharp creases along the way is a tricky mathematical maneuver. Carving an intricate snow sculpture depicting a crucial step in this twisty transformation presents its own difficulties. |
Science News
December 24, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
A Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities New technologies have made it possible to create 3D models of geometric shapes, magically transforming equations into elegant, intriguing miniatures. |
Science News
September 6, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
Pennant Races and Magic Numbers It's getting close to the end of the regular baseball season. Fanatic fans track not only which team is in first place or in position for a wild-card berth in the playoffs but also the number of games a team must win to avoid elimination. The calculation of a "magic" number is interesting. |
Science News
June 1, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Setting Records Randomly Athletic record-breaking occurs in such small increments that chance factors loom large. Mathematicians and statisticians have sought recently to learn more about the role of randomness in records... |
Science News
December 8, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
The Math Hatter and More Looking for a cool gift for someone mathematically inclined? An unusual, conversation-generating token of appreciation? The World Wide Web offers a number of intriguing possibilities -- if you know where to stop and shop... |
Science News
November 11, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Quark Park Math-inspired and science-related artworks enliven an imaginatively landscaped sliver of parkland. |
Science News
November 4, 2000
Ivars Peterson |
Mathematical Art on Display The term "mathematical art" usually conjures up just one name---that of Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher. But the realm of mathematical art is far wider and more diverse than most people realize... |
Science News
January 13, 2007
Ivars Peterson |
Art of the Tetrahedron, Revisited A New Orleans sculptor and his tetrahedron-based artworks survived Hurricane Katrina. |
