Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Math Monday: Mathematical Coffee Table

It's a giant puzzle! Now, where did I put my giant Jenga set?
(and yes, I know I'm posting a Math Monday on a Tuesday.  Live with it.)

Mathematical Coffee Table

via Make: Online by Gareth Branwyn on 4/11/11

By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics

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Continuing last week's theme of mathematical coffee tables, here is one designed by Michael Serra, inspired by the work of Piet Hein.

The base consists of six pieces from a set of Hein's SOMA puzzle, so the remaining two pieces are available as end tables. The glass top is a superellipse, a shape which Hein used for many design purposes, because it interpolates between a circle and a square.
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