A review by srtokes
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina
5.0
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. The sheer amount of excitement and happiness it's brought me is immeasurable. I absolutely adore topology, and I'd already dabbled in some hyperbolic crochet before putting this book on my christmas list, but I found all of the various chapters (ranging from the history of geometric art, to the basics of topology) really interesting. This book also introduced me the the concept of Seifert Surfaces, and I was able to figure out how to make one for Borromean rings (highly recommend).
Having said that, if you are not the target audience (ie- both a maths nerd, and a crochet nerd)- it probably won't be so fun. I loved the book because I already adored the topics it covered, and if I am completely honest I would have a wonderful time reading anything tangentially related. But as an introduction, for somebody only interested in one (or neither) out of crochet and topology, I don't think this would be as exciting.
Having said that, if you are not the target audience (ie- both a maths nerd, and a crochet nerd)- it probably won't be so fun. I loved the book because I already adored the topics it covered, and if I am completely honest I would have a wonderful time reading anything tangentially related. But as an introduction, for somebody only interested in one (or neither) out of crochet and topology, I don't think this would be as exciting.