Symmetry in the man-made world. Diane Louise Jordan has three sessions on observing shapes in the world around us. BBC School ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly ...

This lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on, step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry. Instead of breaking up patterns into blocks--a sort of potato-stamp ...

The solution to this month’s puzzle explains the artful mathematics behind symmetrical patterns. Look at the family of symmetrical curves below, one of which is featured in Farris’ book as a “mystery ...

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