The Art of Mathematics

A Clockmaker, an Egg, and a Cathedral

Nov 27, 2024 · 14 min · 13.5 MB
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Jeanne Lazzarini tells us how a clockmaker used an egg to win the competition to build the dome of the Florence Cathedral. The Cathedral had had a huge gaping hole for a hundred years since no one knew how to build such a large dome. His solution involved the equation for a hanging chain and parallel lines that meet.