Pasta by Design

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Feb. 11, 2012 Food & Drink

George Legendere is an architect by trade and the author of Pasta by Design. The book uses math to catalogue 90 shapes of pasta. Each pasta shape is paired with a mathematical formula and an architectural drawing.

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