TY - BOOK AU - Taimin�a,Daina TI - Crocheting adventures with hyperbolic planes SN - 9781439865446 (ebook : PDF) PY - 0000///c20 CY - Wellesley, Mass. PB - A.K. Peters KW - Geometry, Hyperbol KW - Crocheting KW - Histo KW - Electronic books KW - l N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-144) and ind; ch. 1. What is the hyperbolic plane? Can we crochet it? -- ch. 2. What can you learn from your model? -- ch. 3. Four strands in the history of geometry -- ch. 4. Tidbits from the history of crochet -- ch. 5. What is non-Euclidean geometry? -- ch. 6. How to crochet a pseudosphere and a symmetric hyperbolic plane -- ch. 7. Metamorphoses of the hyperbolic plane -- ch. 8. Other surfaces with negative curvature : catenoid and helicoid -- ch. 9. Who is interested in hyperbolic geometry now and how can it be us; Also available in print editi UR - http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439865446 ER -