It Feels Wonderful (Video)
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Date: September 3, 2010
Running Time: 00:04:22
Master weaver Stacy Speyer explains how her relationship to math morphed from casual curiosity into an intensive study of the multifaceted shapes known as polyhedra. After re-creating these fundamental geometric forms in different materials, she developed her own variations and juxtapositions.
What if geometry meant climbing inside giant 3-D shapes, or watching yourself in a big curved mirror as you try to play hopscotch? The Geometry Playground exhibition changes the way visitors think about geometry, letting them use their hands, brain, and body to play with physical demonstrations of this often " ... More »
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