Hyperbolic Planes, Coral & Climate Change
Dr. Daina Taimina, a retired Cornell University mathematician, created a hands-on, easy-to-understand model of hyperbolic planes for experts and non-experts alike. See Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes: Tactile Mathematics, Art and Craft for all to Explore (Cal Poly online access)
The Crochet Coral Reef project, by Christine Wertheim & Margaret Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring, is an artwork responding to climate change and a global community-based Art+Science exercise. For more information see the New York Times article The Crochet Coral Reef Keeps Spawning, Hyperbolically or Value and Transformation of Corals.
