There’s something a bit spooky about this sculpture of nested, truncated icosahedra in Madson Square Park. The eerie lighting and coloring brings to mind an evil, robotic Jack-o-Lantern.
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Top Math Photos of 2012
Here are the most popular Math Photos from MrHonner.com for 2012. Click here to see more.
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| Isosceles Triangle in Nature | Beautiful Diagrams | Riemann Building |
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| 400 Meter Oval | Sculpture of Spheres | Anamorphic Art |
Art Photography
Math Art: The Tree
This is “The Tree” by Koos Verhoeff et al, on display at the 2012 Bridges Math and Art Conference at Towson University. This piece was named “Best in Show” at the 2012 Bridges Art Exhibition.
Read more about the artists and their work here.
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Math Photo: Paraboloid Gridlines
The frame of this stained-glass lampshade reminds me of the gridlines on a parameterization of a paraboloid. The function
transforms a rectangle in the uv-plane into a paraboloid in 3-dimensional space. The horizontal and vertical lines in the uv-plane become the half-parabolas and circles suggested by the lampshade.
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