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Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral (and crochet)

Posted by Marlon Barrios Solano on August 6, 2009 at 8:10am

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http://www.ted.com Science writer Margaret Wertheim re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician -- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation.

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