Author: Yana Mohanty
Posts by Yana Mohanty
Campanus’ Sphere
In these very uncertain times, I find it comforting to look at something eternal and classical. It’s even better if this is an object whose model I can construct. After months of quarantine, I finally hit upon the perfect pandemic craft object: the Campanus’ Sphere. This beautiful polyhedral frame was frequently portrayed during the Rennaissance…
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NYC Math festival 2020, online
This was the 5th time that the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) hosted its annual math festival. Last year, the festival was held at 28 Liberty where everyone was having a blast at the Geometiles table. As I was starting to make plans to bring Geometiles to Manhattan this year, the pandemic struck. Not to…
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Viral Geometry
For the past several months, our lives have been essentially ruled by a virus. As a result, virology is a branch of science that has really come to the forefront as of late. After all, the saying “hold your friends closer” has never been more true than now. I was, therefore, very excited when I…
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