Dr. Heidi Burgiel, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at Bridgewater (Mass.) State College, is the co-author, with John Conway and Chaim Goodman-Strauss, of The Symmetries of Things, a scholarly book about repeating patterns.
In this edition of FacultyCast, she speaks with David Wilson about the new book, symmetry in general, and how the subject first sparked her interest.
The book is terrific. This video, not so much.
rbnn 2 years ago
Yeah I should pick up this book. I like Chaim G-S's idea of getting the wallpaper patterns out to the design community. It's so boring always seeing the same patterns out there. And you are right that Conway is a really good writer.
gresach 2 years ago