“Every knot is… its own little lesson in symmetry and
the distribution of forces — a microcosm of mathematical elegance....Like
mathematical equations, knots come in almost endless variations that may look
superficially similar but have wildly different properties. Some are nearly
impossible to untie, others look strong but easily slip apart, still others
will easily but nearly unbreakably join two separate pieces of cord.”—“Science
Guy” Bill Nye,
Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity, and Solve Any Problem (2017)
The photo accompanying this post, showing Bill Nye in
his trademark blue lab coat and bowtie, was taken at the Natural Products Expo
West 2010 on March 11, 2010, by lifescript and posted on Flickr.
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