Margaret Wertheim
Margaret Wertheim is a writer and artist whose work focuses on the aesthetic and poetic dimensions of science and mathematics.
WE ARE ALL CORALS NOW: A Crafty Yarn About Global Warming
By Margaret WertheimStretching along the coast of Queensland, Australia, in a riotous profusion of color and form, the Great Barrier Reef is the first living thing that can be seen from outer space.
Figuring Forms
By Margaret Wertheim“To figure: to form or shape, to trace, to reckon or calculate, to represent in a diagram or picture, to ornament or adorn with a design or pattern.” Thus the Oxford English Dictionary defines the act of figuring, a word equally resonant in mathematics, science and art.
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