Hyperbolic

"Hyperbolic" refers to a kind of geometry that appears in some natural forms, including corals and sponges.

NASA's 'Extreme Planet Makeover'; Crochet Coral Reef at the Smithsonian Rachel Saslow 2011

"Hyperbolic" refers to a kind of geometry that appears in some natural forms, including corals and sponges.

NASA's 'Extreme Planet Makeover'; Crochet Coral Reef at the Smithsonian Rachel Saslow 2011

Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush, for example, boasted of that military as alternately “the greatest force for freedom in the history of the world” and “the greatest force for human liberation the world has ever known.” Hyperbolic and self-promoting statements, to be sure, but undoubtedly sincere, reflecting as they do an American sense of exceptionalism that sits poorly with the increasingly interconnected world of the twenty-first century.

William Astore: Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire: What It Means When We Say We Have the World's Finest Fighting Force William Astore 2011

Hyperbolic space is a non-Euclidean geometic form described by Mathematicians as a shape with a constant negative curvature.

Daina Taimina’s Hyperbolic Planes 2009

The "Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef" is, amazingly, just what it sounds like: an enormous crocheted coral reef created by hundreds of local crafters, a spinoff from the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project.

NASA's 'Extreme Planet Makeover'; Crochet Coral Reef at the Smithsonian Rachel Saslow 2011

That meant postponing opening day at the museum of the "Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef" exhibit, a splendidly colorful display melding higher mathematics, handicraft and undersea biology.

Water main break affects activities in heart of District Martin Weil 2010

Hyperbolic concepts such as slavery of the mind and destruction of the soul will leave you plainly and hopelessly divorced from reality.

Scott Morgan: How to Write a Clichéd, Unpersuasive Argument Against Drug Legalization Scott Morgan 2012

Hyperbolic crocheter Daina Taimina has announced an open call for participation in her experimental fiber project tentatively titled, “Story in Textures.”

Call for Entries: Stories in Textures with Daina Taimina 2010

Hyperbolic concepts such as slavery of the mind and destruction of the soul will leave you plainly and hopelessly divorced from reality.

Scott Morgan: How to Write a Clichéd, Unpersuasive Argument Against Drug Legalization Scott Morgan 2012

Oct. 16: "Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef" A recent discovery of geometry in coral reefs is looked at through crochet to honor an ecosystem harmed by pollution and climate change.

A sampling from area museum exhibits Post 2010