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MAA Writing Awards

A Tale Both Shocking and Hyperbolic

by Douglas Dunham

Year of Award: 2004

Award: Trevor Evans

Publication Information: Math Horizons, Apr. 2003, pp. 22-26

Summary: The author discusses the circumstances under which M.C. Escher learned to draw his famous curvilinear triangle patterns.

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About the Author: (from Math Horizons, Apr. 2003) Douglas Dunham is a professor at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.



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