Drawing one kind of spiral with compasses is easy enough, but how do you draw other kinds? Rob shows a simple trick to let you draw an endless variety of spirals, much bigger than you could draw with compasses.
Drawing one kind of spiral with compasses is easy enough, but how do you draw other kinds? Rob shows a simple trick to let you draw an endless variety of spirals, much bigger than you could draw with compasses.
Ahhh, the 70's, they had some good stuff. The Curiosity Show was a class act.
Very kind of you - we'll keep feeding it into our KZhead website - Rob
6 years later and this is the first result that google offers for drawing a spiral by hand
I love how they just throw things around after they're done with it, on this show!
Haha yeah it's all over the channel. :)
It's even in the choice of words. Why say "Set that aside" when you can say "Chuck it away!"?
Love this stuff. Just found this channel, very interesting content. Can't wait to try and watch it all.
Terrific. We are loading several segments each week - lots more on kzhead.info Spread the word and check out the various playlists - Rob
Excellent woolly jumper.
1:22 "The Goat being a silly creature..." Goat: "🧐I beg your pardon?! "
Yep , goats are smart can read this ! ! Oh, and use a computer .
Terrific idea!
See, this is why I could never be a goat-herd.
Fibonacci sequence spiral?
+Tim Chuma That is certainly one way, but it again produces only one kind of spiral (there is a segment somewhere showing how to do it). Varying the size of the lid will produce an infinite variety - Rob
+Tim Chuma And there is another look at Fibonacci and spirals here kzhead.info/sun/irKzgNyDZ6KQda8/bejne.html - Rob
Use a pin
what can you do with a spiral?