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Barry Phipps tells Plus how he bridges the gap between the arts and sciences as an exhibition curator.

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June 2008
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geodesic

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In the first of a new series 'Imaging Maths', Plus takes an illustrated tour of an extraordinary geometric construction: the Klein bottle.

Tags: Klein bottle : topology : visualisation : projective plane : surface : orientability : one-sided surface : two-sided surface : torus : mathematical models : helicoidal surface : geodesic


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Whatever is so wonderful about point B that makes all the people at point A want to get there? Robert Hunt sits at point C, and muses on the problem.

Tags: vector : geodesic : great circle : longitude : latitude : scalar (dot) product


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At the Hewlett Packard campus in Bristol, a group of keen researchers are bringing together the worlds of advanced mathematics and fine art. Kona Macphee investigates.

Tags: geodesic dome : geodesic : sculpture : hypercone : Lyapunov fractal