I recently saw on TV two interesting books from the UK on the mathematics of pasta2. Yes, I did say pasta. Only an engineer or geek like myself could appreciate seeing fractals in their linguini dish.
One of the books was actually on the shelf in my local Uncle Giuseppe’s Italian supermarket. This book was entitled “The Geometry of Pasta”, by book designer Caz Hildebrand and London chef Jacob Kenedy, as show in Figure 1 and Figure 2 below.The other book was “Pasta by Design” (Figure 1) by George L. Legendre (not to be confused withLegendre Polynomials). He is a writer and a practicing architect based in London. He can describe all the pasta shapes with Sine and Cosine functions (See “Did You Know below”) such as a tortellini as shown in Figure 3 and 4. Each book is interesting in its own style and with recipes too.
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The other book was “Pasta by Design” (Figure 1) by George L. Legendre (not to be confused with (Legendre Polynomials). He is a writer and a practicing architect based in London. He can describe all the pasta shapes with Sine and Cosine functions (See “Did You Know below”) such as a tortellini as shown in Figure 3 and 4. Each book is interesting in its own style and with recipes too.
Figure 3 “Pasta by Design”
Figure 4 Tortellini Outline Drawings and Geometry from “Pasta by Design”
When we are asked by a waiter at dinner, “What type of macaroni do you want with your dinner? ” We always say penne.
What is your favorite pasta?
Does the shape of pasta influence the taste?
What do you think?
References:
1 Pasta Mathematica
2 The Geometry of Pasta - CBS Sunday Morning - 11-18-12 YouTube VideoDid you Know?:
Fourier series states that,
Any periodic function (or signal) can be expressed as a summation of orthogonal pair of matrices with one fundamental frequency and infinite number of harmonics.
Further reading:
Pasta Visual
Web site for Mathematica
“Geometry of Pasta” web site
“Pasta Geometries”
Recipe for Tortelloni Di Ricotta Al Pesto Di Noci Tostate From The Geometry of Pasta
Pasta By Design: The Hidden Side Of Pasta Shapes
Books available on Amazon.com
“Geometry of Pasta”
“Pasta by Design”
One of the books was actually on the shelf in my local Uncle Giuseppe’s Italian supermarket. This book was entitled “The Geometry of Pasta”, by book designer Caz Hildebrand and London chef Jacob Kenedy, as show in Figure 1 and Figure 2 below.The other book was “Pasta by Design” (Figure 1) by George L. Legendre (not to be confused withLegendre Polynomials). He is a writer and a practicing architect based in London. He can describe all the pasta shapes with Sine and Cosine functions (See “Did You Know below”) such as a tortellini as shown in Figure 3 and 4. Each book is interesting in its own style and with recipes too.
see more......on the EDN online Blog website
The other book was “Pasta by Design” (Figure 1) by George L. Legendre (not to be confused with (Legendre Polynomials). He is a writer and a practicing architect based in London. He can describe all the pasta shapes with Sine and Cosine functions (See “Did You Know below”) such as a tortellini as shown in Figure 3 and 4. Each book is interesting in its own style and with recipes too.
Figure 3 “Pasta by Design”
Figure 4 Tortellini Outline Drawings and Geometry from “Pasta by Design”
When we are asked by a waiter at dinner, “What type of macaroni do you want with your dinner? ” We always say penne.
What is your favorite pasta?
Does the shape of pasta influence the taste?
What do you think?
References:
1 Pasta Mathematica
2 The Geometry of Pasta - CBS Sunday Morning - 11-18-12 YouTube VideoDid you Know?:
Fourier series states that,
Any periodic function (or signal) can be expressed as a summation of orthogonal pair of matrices with one fundamental frequency and infinite number of harmonics.
Further reading:
Pasta Visual
Web site for Mathematica
“Geometry of Pasta” web site
“Pasta Geometries”
Recipe for Tortelloni Di Ricotta Al Pesto Di Noci Tostate From The Geometry of Pasta
Pasta By Design: The Hidden Side Of Pasta Shapes
Books available on Amazon.com
“Geometry of Pasta”
“Pasta by Design”
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