Family Fridays: Compound Cube Creations at MoMath on 5th

Fri Jan 24, 2025
6:30pm to 8:00pm ET
Age: 5 and up
Price: Free
Location:
National Museum of Mathematics Pop Up
(212) 542-0566
225 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10010
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Imagine a cube making a duplicate of itself from within, then rotating its clone 45 degrees around their shared center. Surprisingly, the surface of the resulting object will be a pattern of triangles that somehow still create the illusion of conjoined cubes… huh?

The best way to wrap your brain around this shape is to start with two dimensions and build into the third dimension, which is exactly what participants do with Paula Krieg in this engaging program. But, wait, there’s more. After a short discussion describing “convex hulls,” create a custom box for those compound cubes. The new surprise is that you're now in the realm of hexagons.

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