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From PATTERNS OF THE UNIVERSE: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty Published by The Experiment PATTERNS OF THE UNIVERSE: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty Alex Bellos and Edmund Harriss $14.95 | 978-1-61519-323-3 THE EXPERIMENT ■ NEW YORK BECAUSE EVERY BOOK IS A TEST OF NEW IDEAS theexperimentpublishing.com | @experimentbooks z z Octaplex The 24-cell, or octaplex, another four-dimensional shape, has 24 octahedrons as faces. This image is its shadow in two dimensions, which comprises 24 flattened octahedrons.

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Page 1: From PATTERNS OF THE UNIVERSE: A Coloring Adventure in ...€¦ · A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty Alex Bellos and Edmund Harriss $14.95 | 978-1-61519-323-3 Read the Sines

From PATTERNS OF THE UNIVERSE: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty

Published by The Experiment

PATTERNS OF THE UNIVERSE: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty Alex Bellos and Edmund Harriss$14.95 | 978-1-61519-323-3

THE EXPERIMENT ■ NEW YORKBECAUSE EVERY BOOK IS A TEST OF NEW IDEAStheexperimentpublishing.com | @experimentbooks

OctaplexThe 24-cell, or octaplex, another four-dimensional shape, has 24 octahedrons as faces. This image is its shadow in two dimensions, which comprises 24 flattened octahedrons.

Page 2: From PATTERNS OF THE UNIVERSE: A Coloring Adventure in ...€¦ · A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty Alex Bellos and Edmund Harriss $14.95 | 978-1-61519-323-3 Read the Sines

From PATTERNS OF THE UNIVERSE: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty

Published by The Experiment

THE EXPERIMENT ■ NEW YORKBECAUSE EVERY BOOK IS A TEST OF NEW IDEAStheexperimentpublishing.com | @experimentbooks

PATTERNS OF THE UNIVERSE: A Coloring Adventure in Math and Beauty Alex Bellos and Edmund Harriss$14.95 | 978-1-61519-323-3

Read the SinesA tiled roof? No, it’s the crests of a mathematical ocean. The curve above is a sinusoid, or sine wave, which is the simplest form of wave. At right, regiments of sine waves recede into the distance.