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Tiling
Table is a flat surface on which rest scores of multi-colored
polygonal wood tiles. The tiles are color-coded by shape,
and allow visitors to construct their own 2- or 3-dimensional
patterns. The Tiling Table illustrates the simple rules
which govern the formation of solid patterns. Tiling
patterns are found everywhere, from brickwork to quilts.
Tiling patterns also abound in nature, and can be found
in the arrangement of cells in plants and animals, in
clusters of bubbles, spider webs, and elsewhere. The
geometry of tiling is used to study crystal structure
and molecular arrangements.
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