Hey @JohnAllenPaulos, Why are the equilateral triangle & square the only regular shapes that can tile an area? I want more!
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos what a God damned nerdThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Not quite, but maybe in some odd non-euclidean geometry. I'm using that term again. ;-) - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson, isn't an equilateral triangle just infinitely many self-similar hexagons?@JohnAllenPaulosThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos There's an alternate universe in which circles work.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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mother of god, he knows! @JohnAllenPaulos run!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos Yo one less bong hit before Twitter -
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@ALEKSA_CHRIST@neiltyson He's doing that shit that smart people do when they plan an entire conversation and then play it out anyway.
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos isn't a square just four equilateral triangles?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson My daughter's grade 5 homework had a story problem about "3 and 11/12 liters." Seems like half-assed metric. Why not decimal? -
@C_M_Young@neiltyson sounds like a poor attempt at conversion using 3.8l/1gallon. Metric would just use a decimal -
@acemacg Agreed. Poor example. If we're going to quiz kids about fractions, we should be using stones, farthings or some other anachronism. -
@C_M_Young or teach them the metric system properly so they are on the same level as the rest of the world -
@acemacg Amen. Hope to see that in my lifetime.
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos Here is a Hexagon you can't tile with. http://Hexagonhouse.com#discoverpentwaterThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson aren't squares just two (or four) isosceles triangles by that same logic?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson@JohnAllenPaulos some stars are also just hexagons!pic.twitter.com/IthdcpiqdC
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@neiltyson aren't equilateral triangles just a sixth of a hexagon.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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