The Art of John Edmark | Talk by Paul Dancstep | Exploratorium

[@rowkayzg]

As someone who failed Algebra 1 three times and to this day cannot figure out the tip on a lunch check, this was the most mesmerizing, brilliant explanation of a basic mathematical principle I have ever seen. Oh, how I wish I could "do" math! And what a terrifically enthusiastic, awe-inspiring talk! Thank you!

[@SIMKINETICS]

I too had difficulty with Algebra (and still do), yet managed to become a Mechanical Engineer. Yet, I easily understand anything geometric and breezed through Calculus and other maths. This was a mystery to me until it became clear than I'm dyslexic, a fact confirmed by a neighbor who happened to be the Director of the Dept of Neurology at Stanford University after we had an exchange with several weird questions I answered; he told me that dyslexic people make the best Mechanical Engineers! I believe the theory about evolution 'side-stepping' common adaptation for using symbols to convey logic that allowed a genetic legacy for some people to think differently and have difficulty with the abstractions of symbols like letters and words on paper, i.e., being dyslexic. I suggest you look into that for your own difficulty, noting that you were fascinated by this video.

[@JulieWallis1963]

Just goes to show, it really *is* all down to the teacher.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

Yup. Failed pre algebra three times and then dropped out of 10th grade. Took a bunch of pure LSD and discovered that absolutely *EVERYTHING* is "spirally". A must read: The Curves Of Life by Theodore Andrea Cook. Its a real gem guys. You should get a copy and pass it on to the next generation. Good luck finding one.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

@@SIMKINETICS Absolutely fantastic story! Im just about certain im dyslexic. Yet I build houses. All the way from concrete to fine finish trim. Math has never been my strong suit and I blame a bit of it on the system of educating our youth. If a student cant pass pre-algebra he ist allowed the privilege to learn the higher courses. Doesnt seem right. I would have absolutely crushed a geometry course. Thanks for sharing man.

[@latitzouri]

The true failure is when you stop trying ;) Math is hard, it's no biggie

[@dxpert]

Wow - What an amazing talk and what fantastic art. Thank you for sharing.

[@iMoo1124]

What an absolutely beautiful video! Those animations were legitimately the best I've seen when it comes to informational talks; they were so smooth, and each elaborated further than they needed to to cement each idea. I really loved the lazy susan bit especially, how it rewound past the starting point, like it had a slight inertia.

[@rictolentino4958]

this isnt related to my field at all as a chem phd but i love the way this dude builds up on concepts when hes explaining -- i really wanna emulate his style of presenting

[@neesr13]

One of the best presentations I have ever been honored to witness. I only wish I had been there in person to praise the presenter and the artist, both of whom are outstanding in their respective fields.

[@There.Their.Theyre]

I'm giving this video presentation a standing ovation! This was visually stunning, beautiful, and engaging. Thank you!

[@mailmemo]

Great talk. And your explanatory visuals were great too.

[@salvadorsanchez5057]

this is all equally fascinating as it is inspiring. i just fell in love with phyllotactic spyrals. math and art and nature coming together

[@nitinb9202]

Understanding or learning at childhood and becoming in awe in sixties is life. Thanks KZbin AI.

[@dietermarx5277]

As a math teacher, I say thank you. Live long and prosper.

[@jerryyager2601]

Just had one of those very rare "wow" moments. Need to see more of this!!!

[@Totallyfine29_]

John Edmark is such an inspiring artist , working with nature ,math ,and art is just genius , they all elaborate on each other + I have never thought a microwave would lead to creating cool patterns

[@chrissie1057]

thanks... really interesting to have this explained properly.

[@jxschv1316]

I just couldn't stop watching this video until it ended.

[@92Pyromaniac]

What an inspiring talk! This is the sort of knowledge that I absolutely adore - beautiful and worthy just to behold, but with the potential to become useful in unexpected ways.

[@tobberh]

Really cool and very fascinating presentation!!! But was actually surprised he didn't touch on the fact that the 137.5 degrees rotation is the same as the golden angle which is derived from the golden ratio.

What a great presentation. No superfluous talk and great visualizations. This guy should teach how to make presentations and talks. Kudos.

[@alocin110]

Simply Amazing and Mesmerizing! Thanks for sharing.

[@Robot007]

A M A Z I N G!!! Thank you for sharing one of the God's secret of creating nature. Blessings.

[@tinybadastronaut]

Damnit. As someone who has gone through many phases of being enamored with the fibonacci spirals and how they relate to nature, this just gave me a whole new invigoration in that fascination.

[@mohammedabbas1175]

24:07 This must be the millionth time I rewatched it. So visually and acoustically pleasing.

[@dudemanperson100]

8/5 stars for this one!!! Just finishing my first Abstract Algebra class, and this video just brings about so many thoughts relating to the topics we've covered this semester. ❤️♾️

[@BlackLizrd]

Gorgeously beautiful designs, well presented in both image and word.

[@dbrown8367]

Good to know that curiosity is still leading to amazing discoveries provided you know how to look.

[@kimsobota1324]

In visual, as well as audio, there are resonant patterns or tones as it were, where the origin pattern passes one of those patterns you described as a "Checkered pattern", back at 5:12 mins into the video. I believe what the eye is perceiving here is the resonant visual frequency of the overall 3D object. It is quite amazing.

[@Amr-Ibrahim-AI]

I love this connection indeed. Very well said, and inspires me to look more into this analogy

[@quinxx12]

That is an incredibly interesting way to think about it!

[@augenbutter]

I'll never look at my microwave the same way. Grateful for minds, the likes, of John Edmark and Paul Dancstep.

[@Miastrong930]

Amazingly beautiful. Math is in everything. Math, music and art. We must not forget nature. I perceive patterns in everything.

[@gyur6]

beautiful and witty, every frame is a piece of art

[@VestigialHead]

Love this. Thanks for posting it. Just awesome models of some of the complex beauty nature evolves into.

[@Amr-Ibrahim-AI]

This is mind blowing! Thank you so much for this great talk

[@214000451]

This video should go spiral!

[@MottiShneor]

Wonderful, Wonderful movie. Although the "blooming" animations make me dizzy and a little sick, the magic and beauty together with those little math secrets hiding in every such pattern - are worth a million looks (and likes) One of the best "math" videos I've seen a long time Thanks

[@kurtilein3]

Seems like tiny imperfections sort of strobe around and do more damage than expected, and the 3D printing process is a bit grainy and comes with tiny imperfections. Different manufacturing processes or a better, more polished finish could resolve it. I think making it more precise and more smooth could help a lot.

[@1BelovedOne]

THAT, - was absolutely phenomenal!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@TravisRichey]

I can't handle how interesting this is :-) I want to see in person! But thanks for posting this presentation! ~Trav

[@damianriley990]

This is how i think the real shape of the fabric of the universe(s) works, but in every direction possible at the same time 🖤

[@kjamison5951]

We find beauty in all things organic. When we play around with organic things, we find more beauty.

[@Gunbudder]

simply putting things between other things ends up giving you some incredible patterns. the spirals and patterns you see in nature come from new cells just going to where there is the most space. some times you do see plants that create perfect 90 degree symmetry though, with 4 leaves that are evenly spaced around the stalk. generally this only happens when the stock is extremely long such that the leaves can't cast shadows on the ones below them

[@KayWoods64]

Fascinating. Thank you.

[@crazysinister7882]

I’m not a scientist, I’ve never been good in science. I started this video not expecting to understand what’s going on but man you did a great job.

[@tocodelray]

Incredibly beautiful!

[@kitewinds663]

Nice, very nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@mettattem]

12:06 - Imagine applying this design to the construction of future residential skyscrapers; The 'Stair-Stepping' elements that appear with each 137.5 ° angular change (of floor) could be a series of indoor/outdoor organic garden terraces. In other words, when the structure is in 'Tower Mode', the gardens would be inside the structure and angled slightly (for efficient irrigation,like in vertical farming). I could see it as being something akin to an ultra-modern and efficient transforming indoor/outdoor terraced transformer of a building)... The future is going to be beautiful.

[@hareecionelson5875]

There's plans for another Skyscraper in Dubai that will be taller than the BUurj khalifa and will have a step-like design with 3 spokes and over hanging gardens

[@whiskeymonk4085]

Not if socialists have anything to say about it.

[@michaelleue7594]

@@whiskeymonk4085 Socialists don't build skyscrapers? I think China didn't get the memo.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

@@michaelleue7594 Yeah..... China is a shining example. Do you know about their "ghost cities" and their "tofu concrete"? Look it up bud. Socialism is cancer. Always has been, always will be now matter how you cut it and stack it. China didn't just get the memo, it got the whole encyclopedia on how to run a country perfectly wrong. North Korea loaned them a copy.

[@whiskeymonk4085]

Gotta love yooooootoooobe's new shadow banning practices. I can only see half of the comments, *AND(!)* I can't engage in discourse with people on this thread simply because I don't care for socialism. What a joke! This used to be a platform that encouraged humanity. It's a dried out husk of what it once was. I'm on my 15th account now for just talking as I would with a stranger at the bar.

[@AlexTrusk91]

imagine going into architekture with these insights

[@fugyamofug]

19:02 That is amazing What a payoff of a whole lot of thought and a eureka moment

[@rgarlinyc]

Another reason - as if any more was needed - to absolutely be entranced by math. Amazing, amazing, amazing. But I repeat myself.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tourdeiffel]

Absolutely fascinating !

[@ASHA-jk2pf]

DANCING 💃🕺🧬 These Make Me SO Happy!😁🙌💟💚💕

[@lucasboisneau4256]

super talk, I'm just surprised that you didn't talk about the golden number (1+V5/2)...

[@blumousey]

This is amazing, these patterns are related to phi, the golden ratio - and how it is the irrational number that is the least able to be approximated by a fraction of rational numbers. It's the most efficient way to stack things around a point - as if it used a rational angle, things would meet up in cycles and inefficiently stack, and if it used an irrational number that was well approximated, eg pi being close to 22/7, it would *almost* meet and nearly clash. Numberphile has a great video on this.

[@richarddeese1991]

Thanks. That's astounding and beautiful, with deep insights into the nature of life. tavi.

[@Lou.B]

Super cool and amazing!!!

[@crabby7668]

The trans tower mechanism is also a technique of mechanical analogue computers. There are some good ex US forces training videos on YT which explain these methods

[@Polygonlin]

19:07 That thing is beautiful in a mathematical, pattern sort of way

[@prashantnair96]

The double pine cone looking thing when spun freely transforms into the typically known shape of DNA. and each piece of the jigsaw is same in shape and just the size increases. Gives a deep insight about the pattern in human evolution (physically and spiritually) With each new generation a new piece is added that's the same in shape but it expands the overall picture

[@kellyhofer]

I wonder what the actual angle is on dna?

[@DenyIzquierdo]

Genial, observar la creación como un niño curioso, es dar con el mejor maestro hacedor de maravillas. Sus criaturas se asombran de su creador. Es sorprendente y curativo

[@davidspivak8343]

So beautiful!

[@Fine_Mouche]

I love the fact that mathematicians change the rules so that their idea continues to work.

[@Ejeby]

5:10 phyllotactic spiral can only be checkered if both spirals are odd 7:00 chromataxis 10:00 helicone 13:50 lazy susan

[@RandomPsychic]

I've tried the deep sleep meditation videos.....this one works the BEST! Thanks man.😀

[@starcoreart]

bruh

[@PatricioOta]

Brillante y hermoso! Muchas gracias por compartirlo

[@charlestaylor3195]

Absolutely fascinating.

[@bfayer]

this was really fascinating, thanks for sharing

[@jimwilliams3517]

Finally, people who think in a similarity to me! It's almost like coming home.

[@jamesb2059]

Great talk. Thank you.

[@charlesnelson5187]

Excellent presentation.

[@leozendo3500]

Beautiful talk.

[@Crazeyfor67]

That was awesome.

[@YouDoTheShoot]

Frankly you deserve as much credit as John

[@crieverytim]

That's frankly not true

[@110110pab]

fascinating lecture, I thought I understood Fibonacci patterns but as always, the more you learn the more you realize how little you know. Great Talk Thank you.

[@adambane1719]

Yes, especially scientists.... they actually "know" the least !

[@PeterVJaspersFayer]

No, thank *you*. A beautiful, entertaining, and instructive video.

[@mattcole6292]

Awesome and inspiring

[@tedbuck1094]

blowing vesels in my brain already love this stuff brother

[@hurrrmmhmmmhmghh8912]

math art is very surreal, like the universe showing off for you

[@Radugazon]

Very beautiful ! BTW, I think the lazy suzan thing refers to the Aristotle paradox.

[@user-uo4ys6lb4v]

13:30 all the lego kids are thinking, "just use the rotating staircase design!" xD

[@patriciarogers4076]

I love Spirograph too!

[@vincenzomartorana2625]

Astounding Beauty and comprehension

[@Hyraethian]

TIL I learned that if a you cross a mathematician with an engineer and they're inclined to make art, at some point you get an artichoke in a lathe.

[@trishiamatthews2919]

What a great design for a space ship

[@pprehn5268]

Escher, the Dutch artist played with these ideas

[@Pystro]

7:58 that has to be the best jigsaw puzzle ever (in some sense of "best"). You can have it be a single solid color, and still it would be possible to solve it, merely by sorting the pieces by size.

[@TakManSan]

15:26 Engineered to being your cup or vessel back in its original orientation if synched up with typical 1-minute increments.

[@bentsprockettech]

🤯 Amazing! No words.

[@3263927]

wow! wow... don't even understand how to find correct words!!! so great! going to check my favorite pine cone...

[@solideogloria5553]

thank you for this beauty. Yeshua is an awesome Creator of beauty. Hallelujah

[@awade4232]

Beautiful presentation. Also, the ratio of neighboring Fibonacci numbers approximates the Golden Ratio; a pattern seen throughout nature. For example, 21/13 ~ 1.62, the Golden Ratio.

[@mathyeti]

The David Mumford you quote - is that David Bryant Mumford (born 11 June 1937)?

[@tiltil9442]

The Google that I'm recommending - it is the Google search engine, accessible via the very device you're holding.

[@williamt5837]

Amazing DESIGNS😉

[@gizzykatkat9687]

This talk was so interesting.

[@0cheeseburga]

fantastic presentation

[@myekal147]

Few things I confirmed in this lovely video - Fibonacci was a genius beyond measure, nature is always even more amazing, and this guy stares at his food while he waits for it in the microwave...Great Video!

[@ליאורנוימן-י6ח]

Made my day.

[@isbestlizard]

You can make bulbs with the fibonacci sequence, start winding a line around a sphere at a constant angle and put dots at 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13 etc and you'll end up with dots covering the sphere in the right places that happen to all be pretty much equidistant! :D

[@benclancy89]

absolutely brilliant video. Only gripe, I feel there must be an obvious connection between the patterns shown in transtower and the patterns we get with pendulums of increasing length. When the cutouts line up with a specific number of other cutouts each time, it reminds me of the balls of a pendulum lining up in the same way, anyone see the connection?

[@tiltil9442]

interference patterns

[@paulfoss5385]

They should use that pattern at 11:42 for making a pack of nested cookie cutters for gingerbread trees.

[@danielwhite4052]

fascinating, thanks.

[@primorec17]

amazing!!!

[@Olodus]

The shape of those 4-sided polygons the spirals are made of look very similar to the kite shape in the infinite kite-and-dart version of the Penrose tiling. Feels like that is not at random, since they are both connected to Fibonacci numbers, but I am not knowledgeable enough to tell you exactly how or why. I love like this kind of exploratory art though, that finds new ways to explore something about our universe and finds interesting ways to show that.

[@mixolydian2010]

Amazing stuff thanks.

[@PlomoorPlata]

Excellent 👌