[資訊] One Math Museum, Many Variables
原新聞網址：
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/science/28math.html?_r=1&ref=science
Title:
One Math Museum, Many Variables
Main text:
For everyone who finds mathematics incomprehensible, boring, pointless,
or all of the above, Glen Whitney wants to prove you wrong.
對於那些認為數學是很難理解，無聊，很無意義的事情的人而言。Glen Whitney想證明
你的想法是錯誤的。
He believes that tens of thousands of visitors will flock to his Museum
of Mathematics, to open in Manhattan next year, and leave invigorated about
geometry, numbers and many more mathematical notions.
他相信數萬個人將會在明年聚集到曼哈頓的數學博物館。並且遺留了許多關於幾何
數字還有很多數學符號。
“We want to expose the breadth and the beauty of mathematics,” said
Mr. Whitney, a former math professor who parlayed his quantitative skills
into a job at a Long Island hedge fund. He quit in late 2008 with connections
to deep pockets and a quest to make math fun and cool.
Mr. Whitney 之前為數學教授，充分利用量化技巧運用在工作中。他認為:我們倆要去
展現數學的廣度與美麗之處。他在2008底辭職，擁有許多的財富並且探索著數學有趣
與奧妙的地方。
Two years ago, he and his team built a carnival-like traveling exhibit called
the Math Midway, a proof-of-concept for the coming museum. It includes a
tricycle with square wheels of different sizes that visitors can ride
smoothly around a circular path ridged like a flower’s petals. An
accompanying sign explains why: The undulating circular surface rises and
falls exactly to offset the odd shape of the wheels, so that the tricycle’s
axles — and the rider — remain at the same height as they move.
兩年前，Whitney與他的研究團隊舉辦的一個類似家年華的展覽，叫做Math Midway。
為了展示未來的博物館製作的觀念證明，包含了三輪車擁有不同大小的方型輪胎，
參觀者可以騎著這輛車循著圓型的路徑很平順的前進，路徑的邊緣有類似花瓣的型狀。
有指標去解釋為什麼會這樣: 波浪型的圓形表面會上升，並且會在彌補輪胎odd部分，
三輪車的軸向與騎車者會保持一樣的高度。
先翻譯到這部分~~~感覺有點困難!!!希望大家多多指正。
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