8C20.30 - Saddle Shape

Code Number:
8C20.30
Demo Title:
Saddle Shape
Condition:
Good
References:
  • Charles A. Eckroth, "Astro Notes: Model of a Negatively Curved Two‐Dimensional Space", TPT, Vol. 33, #5, May 1995, p. 286.
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  • Rev. Myron Effing, "Squashed Space: An Activity Concerning General Relativity", TPT, Vol. 15, #5, May 1977, p. 298.
  • Wolfgang Rueckner, Justin Georgi, Douglass Goodale, Daniel Rosenberg, and David Tavilla, "Rotating Saddle Paul Trap", AJP, Vol. 63, #2, Feb. 1995, p. 186.
  • R. Mark Wilson, "Custom Shapes from Swell Gels", Physics Today, Vol. 65, #5, May 2012, p. 15.
  • Rachel Feltman, "What Shape is the Universe?", Popular Science, Vol. 291, Fall 2019, p. 18.
  • Jim Glenn, "Karl Friedrich Gauss", Scientific Genius: The Twenty Greatest Minds, p. 60 - 64.

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