Monthly Archives: June 2012

What is it with squares in nature anyway?

Posted on June 30, 2012 by gymnosperm

Actually, perfect squares are extremely rare in nature. Squares are human constructs. We imagine Pythagoras and the Greek philosophers drawing their squares in the sand, dividing the sides equally, connecting the divisions, and counting the resulting smaller squares to develop … Continue reading →

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