BBC radio broadcast from the series: The Changing World, Sept. 2011:
Thanks to my sister, Mary, for this link!
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"Structural engineer and designer Cecil Balmond probes what he calls 'iconic geometry,' shapes that have formed our thinking in science, math, and design.. " http://www.thechangingworld.org/archives/2011/wk40.php
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One speaker was Ian Stewart, an English emeritus professor who is one of my favorites. He often writes about the naturally occurring patterns displayed throughout nature, so that even within apparent Chaos, finding the right perspective reveals a pattern, such as with turbulence. In a field of corn, the tassles and stalks appear to blend in chaotically with the background until you hit the right point when driving past __ at which time the rows all line up magically, only to fade away in another second!
Some of his books include:
- Nature's Numbers, the Unreal Reality of Mathematics
- Flatterland, Like Flatland Only More So
- Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos which includes showing order within chaos.
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