The Bellows conjecture
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Historical aspects of the study concerning the Bellow's conjecture is presented. The conjecture is based on the rigidity of polyhedra, and how such manipulations of the polyhedra continues to maintain its volume.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
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Two-way jigsaw puzzles
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A variety of dissection puzzles is presented. The key to the solution of the dissection puzzles is to find geometries within the figure whose area, when summed up, is equal to the area of the original figure.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Glass Klein bottles
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Glassblower Alan Bennett's fascination with topological shapes, such as the Mobius band and the Klein bottle, served as inspiration for his glassworks which explore variations of the Klein bottle.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
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