Thursday, May 2, 2013

Bernard Morin


Bernard Morin is a blind topologist who helped the mathematical community figure out how to invert a sphere according to the rules of topology. His Wikipedia writeup is terse, and I'm really writing this as an excuse to show these mildly mind-blowing videos about topology, which better explain the significance of what Morin did:



Remember, this was discovered by someone who was blind. To say the least, I find this impressive, and pretty,

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