We’ve covered the work of the amazing Vi Hart before (Vi is also the daughter of our Math Monday columnist George Hart). Vi describes herself as a “recreational mathemusician” and...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Tuesday March 29th, 2011 4:30 PM
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By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics For a true maker, any stock of unused office supplies is perceived as a challenge to make some kind of construction. Here...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday January 30th, 2011 11:40 PM
Categories: Craft, Education, Science | 2 Comments
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Here is a geometric assembly challenge which you can try to make with wooden dowels or any other conveniently long cylinders. Each...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday January 23rd, 2011 6:52 PM
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By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics The rise of personal rapid prototyping machines, such as the Makerbot, RepRap, or Fab@Home, allows one to make a variety of geometric...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Monday January 17th, 2011 12:04 PM
Categories: 3D Printing, Science | No Comments
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics With just a scroll saw, starting from a cube of wood, it is possible to make a family of complex, cube-based fractals....
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Saturday January 8th, 2011 10:49 PM
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By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Temari balls are a traditional Japanese craft in which colored thread is applied to a sphere in a geometric pattern. This is...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday January 2nd, 2011 7:57 PM
In looking at the best of what Make: Online had to offer in 2010, George Hart’s wonderful “Math Monday” columns immediately sprung to mind. Each week, George does a fantastic...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Thursday December 30th, 2010 3:31 PM
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By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Back in June, I posted about mathematical objects made on a lathe. Here are two more difficult examples, both by Claude Lethiecq,...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Monday December 27th, 2010 12:43 PM
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Mathematicians often make theorems and proofs with just a pencil and paper (and some logical thinking). Another mathy thing that anyone can make with pencil and paper is a doodle....
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Monday December 20th, 2010 12:11 PM
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Save your egg cartons and see what recycled art you can make with them! You can cut the bottoms of egg cartons...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday December 12th, 2010 7:50 PM
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A “wobbler” consists of two intersecting circles in perpendicular planes. When you roll it along the ground, it wobbles left and right as it moves forward. I saw these 18″...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Sunday November 28th, 2010 6:02 PM
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Polyhedra lovers are fond of certain compound shapes, such as this symmetric arrangement of five concentric regular tetrahedra. If you like to make things in wood, it’s a natural challenge...
Posted by Gareth Branwyn | Saturday November 20th, 2010 8:57 PM
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