Showing posts with label pie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pie. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Geometry of pie













Modular pie-cosahedron

This is pie.

Specifically, it's a pecan pie with the topology of a sphere, made up of 20 triangular sub-pies.

The baker/architect, a professor of computer science at UC Irvine, made isoceles-triangle-shaped pie pans out of sheet metal, then connected them with extra-strong magnets. He reports "surprisingly little slump" during serving.

Beautiful AND edible!

Happy Thanksgiving!