A mathematical spiral pops up unexpectedly in nature, with beautiful results.
eye-catching math
Eye-Catching Math: Fractals
Eye-Catching Math is a series about beautiful mathematical images. Read more about it here. A fractal is a pattern that contains smaller and smaller versions of itself. In a fractal, those smaller versions contain even smaller versions of the whole pattern. Theoretically, these smaller versions continue on forever, although when we draw them, we have […]
Eye-Catching Math
– Imagine a world where kids are never exposed to the sound of music. Instead, they learn musical notation: how to read it, memorize it, and reproduce it. To these kids, notes, chords and songs are all just arrangements of dots on a page. You would expect these kids to associate music with boredom and […]
