December 21 Day 653: Mileage Run Part 2

Posted byJenny QuinnPosted inexploration, mathematics, travelTags:

I can’t believe how lucky I am so far today.

I picked San Fransisco as my destination mostly for price, time, and distance. But if I knew then what I know now, I would have paid extra to pick this location.

Imagine my delight to walk off the airplane and happen upon this gallery with artists whose work I recognize from a distance. I had intended to do some last minute shopping, but enjoyed Mathematics Vintage and Modern instead.

Cliff Stoll’s glass Klein bottles.
Stoll’s work in side view
Carlos Seguin’s bronzes
Scott Kim’s ambigram and Kokichi Sugihara’s illusions.
Classic conic sections
Decoders
Decoders
Vintage games
Scott Kim’s Science/Art ambigram
Rubik’s cubes of all dimensions.
Henry Segerman’s terdragon curve
Stacy Speyer’s Polyhedral
Slide rules
Mathematical models
Knots
All thanks to Cliff Stoll and David Eisenbud.

And so much more.

The cherry on the top of it all, I got upgraded to first class for the ride home. What a delightful and unexpected adventure.

Published by Jenny Quinn

Mathematician. Mother. Wife. Leader. I am a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington Tacoma. Mother of Anson and Zachary. Wife to Mark. President of the Mathematical Association of America.

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