Making Mathematics with Needlework -

Making Mathematics with Needlework

Ten Papers and Ten Projects
Buch | Hardcover
200 Seiten
2007
A K Peters (Verlag)
978-1-56881-331-8 (ISBN)
47,35 inkl. MwSt
Focuses on the relationship between mathematics and the fiber arts. Each chapter in this work starts with an overview of the mathematics and the needlework, followed by technical sections discussing the mathematics, how to introduce the mathematics in the classroom through needlework, and how to make the needlework project.
Mathematical craftwork has become extremely popular, and mathematicians and crafters alike are fascinated by the relationship between their crafts. The focus of this book, written for mathematicians, needleworkers, and teachers of mathematics, is on the relationship between mathematics and the fiber arts (including knitting, crocheting, cross-stitch, and quilting). Each chapter starts with an overview of the mathematics and the needlework at a level understandable to both mathematicians and needleworkers, followed by more technical sections discussing the mathematics, how to introduce the mathematics in the classroom through needlework, and how to make the needlework project, including patterns and instructions.

sarah-marie belcastro and Carolyn Yackel earned their Ph.D.s in mathematics from the University of Michigan. Carolyn Yackel is an Associate Professor in the mathematics department at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, specializing in connections between mathematics and art. sarah-marie belcastro is a Research Associate at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Acknowledgments, Introduction: An Overview of Mathematics and Fiber Arts, 1 Quilted Mobius Band, 2 Picking Up Stitches and Diophantine Equations, 3 The Sierpinski Variations: Self-Similar Crochet, 4 Only Two Knit Stitches Can Create a Torus, 5 Symmetry Patterns in Cross-Stitch, 6 Socks with Algebraic Structure, 7 Fortunatus’s Purse, 8 (K)Not Cables, Braids, 9 The Graph Theory of Blackwork Embroidery, 10 Stop Those Pants!, About the Contributors, Credits, Index

Reihe/Serie AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
Verlagsort Natick
Sprache englisch
Maße 203 x 254 mm
Gewicht 640 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Handarbeit / Textiles
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik
ISBN-10 1-56881-331-7 / 1568813317
ISBN-13 978-1-56881-331-8 / 9781568813318
Zustand Neuware
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