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Bending and Stretching Classroom Lessons to Make Math Inspire
Vi Hart looking through an icosahedron made from six balloons (which is computationally optimal).
Erik D. Demaine
At the aptly named Tiny Thai restaurant here, a small table, about two and a half feet square, was jammed with a teapot, two plates of curry, a bowl of soup, two cups of tea, two glasses of water, a plate with two egg rolls, a plate of salad and an iPhone.
For most people, this would have been merely an unwieldy lunch.
For Vi Hart, her mind pondered the mathematical implications. "There’s a packing puzzle here," she said. "This is the kind of thing where if you’re accustomed to thinking about these problems, you see them in everything."
From The New York Times
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