Well, I think it is high time we had some good old Really Hard Sums. Of course, these Sums mentioned in the address of this blog are what many people think I do all day, when truth be told mathematical thinking is much more about patterns, symmetry, and beauty. I cannot say it better nor provide graphics a tiny fraction as pretty as you’ll find by sitting back with a cup of tea and enjoying the following video.
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Scientific American magazine has just featured this video, with the opening line “Mathematicians are awesome.” So we are, so we are.
It’s really Great with the capital `G`!!!
[...] Turning a Sphere Inside Out It’s really incredible, how it is possible to explain the most complicated things (like mce_href=”http://reallyhardsums.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/geometry-outside-in/#comment-286″>this) in a very understandable way nowadays.. Published in: [...]
edGarsr, many thanks for pointinG out my appallinG lack of little-finGer-on-shift-key action.
glad you enoyed the post
[...] Thanks to Richard Brown for bringing this to my attention. Another great math video is over here. [...]