Showing posts with label castles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label castles. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Geometric Sandcastles

For your visual and mathematical enjoyment, here are some nice geometric sandcastles.

(Tip of the cap to MoMath: The Museum of Mathematics.)

Thursday, August 02, 2012

The Science of Sandcastles

An article was published in Scientific Reports today about constructing 'perfect' sandcastles. That's a pretty cool topic on which to write an article! I think that the authors might have Ig Nobel Prizes in their future...

(Tip of the cap to Sang Hoon Lee.)