This project by Australians Christine Wertheim and Margaret Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring is an amazing fusion of artwork birthed from concerns about climate change and a global community-based exercise in applied mathematics and evolutionary theory.
Check out: CrochetCoralReef.org for more information about the project, and TedTalk – The Beautiful Math of Coral
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