KWIM Special Lecture
Learn a brief history of hyperbolic geometry and the revolutionary way of visualising it developed by Prof. Daina Taimina. Dare to take a different point of view in mathematics - watch our KWIM special lecture online!
On 17th of June 2021 Dr. Irem Portakal (Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg) gave a special talk in the KWIM lecture series in celebration of the Women in Mathematics Day. She presented a brief history of hyperbolic geometry and the revolutionary out-of-the-box thinking of Prof. Daina Taimina for visualising it. Curious? Watch it online now!
Link to an open-source book by David W. Henderson, Daina Taimiņa "Experiencing Geometry: Euclidean and Non-Euclidean with History". DOI: 10.3792/euclid/9781429799850 (Appendix A includes the instructions how to crochet hyperbolic planes yourself)