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Quotation of the Day for October 30, 2011



"If you look carefully, there are probably only three basic topological shapes in pasta - cylinders, spheres and ribbons."

- George Legendre, architect, who recently completed the compilation of a mathematical taxonomy of pasta, published as Pasta by Design.

[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228342.400-spaghetti-functions-the-mathematics-of-pasta-shapes.html]

Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk
Oct. 24, 2011

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