Posts Tagged ‘TED’
July 5th, 2009
by Sue in Math in Real Life
Insects, Circle Packing, and the Math that Underlies the Art
As I’ve said here before, I’m fascinated by how artists put math to work. Part of this interest stems from my own experience as the daughter of an engineer who majored in art; and part from hearing my son say something to the effect of “why do I need to take math – I’m going to be an artist/animator/cartoonist/you get the idea.”
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