media coverage of my work
2001
Daina Taimina and D.W. Henderson, “Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane”, Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 17-28, Spring 2001.
Michael Brooks, “Stitch Up”, New Scientist, 22/29 December 2001, p.38-40.
2005
Margaret Wertheim, David Henderson, Daina Taimina “Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane: an interview with David Henderson and Daina Taimina”, Cabinet, issue 16, winter 2005, p. 19-25.
“ Non Eucliden Potholders “ Science Magazine, Volume 307, Number 5715, Issue of 11 March 2005, The American Association for the Advancement of Science.
NPR Interview“Mathematicians Get Crafty With Geometry” by Jacki Lyden, All Things Considered, March 13, 2005.
Abigail W. Leonard, “A New Hook”, Newsday, March 2, 2005.
Abigail W. Leonard, “Mathematics mystery is all knitted up: crocheted model helps to define hyperbolic space”, Houston Chronicle, March 13, 2005.
Elizabeth Svoboda, “A Mathematical Yarn”, Wired, June 2005, p.72.
Michelle York, “Professor Lets Her Fingers Do the Talking”, New York Times, July 11, 2005.
David Pagel, “Well now, isn’t this a cozy little cosmos”, Los Angeles Times, July 28, 2005.
Elizabeth Ashford, “Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane”, Wheel, New Zealand , issue 17, 2005.
Stacy A. Teicher, “Yarn, spandex, and dogs teach new tricks”, TheChristian Science Monitor, August 11, 2005.
Stacy A. Teicher, “Boring 101 Transformed”, Hartford Courant, August 15, 2005.
Michelle Lock, “Taking Crochet to a Higher Plane”, Interweave Knits: Crochet, special issue, fall 2005.
Gwen Kinsler, “Daina Taimina – Working With Math of Crochet”, Crochet Fantasy, No. 182, Fall 2005.
Gendy Alimurung, “Hyperbolic Planes Take Off”, LA Weekly, Oct.28-Nov.3, 2005.
Susan Kelley, ”String Theory”, Cornell Alumni Magazine, November-December, 2005.
Lauren Gold, "Hook, Yarn and Hyperbolic Planes", Cornell Chronicle, December 6, 2005
2006
Sigrid Wortmann Weltge, “Review – Not the Knitting You Know”, American Craft, Dec’05/Jan’06.
Ilze Grinuma, “Ta ir maksla, ta ir zinatne”, Diena, Latvia, Jan 28-Feb3, 2006.
David Samuels, “Knit Theory”, Discover, March, 2006.
Mattew Erickson, “Equating Life with the Abstraction of Logical Numbers Constructions”, Hartford Courant, March 12, 2006.
Joyce Gramza, “Extreme Knitting”, video for PBS TV , June 26, 2006 ( Extreme Knitting)
Zuhal Ozer, “Uyukannemin Tutacaginda Geometri Sakliymis!”, Bilim Cocuk, Turkey, November 2006.
Raidījums "Monopola viesi", intervija ar Dainu Taimiņu, Latvijas Radio 1 (2006. gada 26. jūlijā 17:10)
Erica Klarreich, “Crafty Geometry”, Science News, December 23&30, 2006, vol. 170.
2007
Arwen O’Reilly “Crafting Geometry”, Craft, vol.1
Julia Gross, “Eine Universum aus Wolle”, Matador, Germany, January, 2007.
Lindsay Obermayer, “Arts and Sciences”, FiberArts, summer, 2007.
Confini-Boundaries , Silvana Editoriale, Catalogo, 2007.
Findings on Ice , Pars Foundation, Hester Aardse/Astrid van Baalen (editors) Lars Muller Publications, Baden, 2007.
2008
Alex Belos “How Crochet Solved age-old Math Problem”, The Times, July 1, 2008
2009
Dora Ohrenstein "Crochet and Math meet in a Beautiful Mind", Crochet Insider: June, 2009.
kapec Daina Taimina tambore hiperboliskas plaknes, video, Nakotnes parks, 2009.g., 12.februaris
Linda Kusina "Matematiskie kruzuli", latvijas Avize, 2009.g. 15.augusts
2010
Dr. Christoph Poppe "Mathematik mit der Hakelnadel", Spektrum: der Wissenschaft, Februar 2010
Vents Zvaigzne, Ilze Grinuma Ilustreta Latvijas Zinatne, 2010.g. aprilis.
Anda Leiskalne "Latviete iedvesmo visas pasaules tamboretajus", kasjauns.lv, 2010.g.8.marts
about the Diagram prize (far from all mentions around the world :-) ):
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Elizabeth Landau Geek Out!: Crochet sculptures teach higher math, CNN SciTechBlog, April 30, 2010
Dr. Dirk Huylenbrouck ""De bal is rond?", EOS magazine, Juni 2010
Latvijas Universitates avize Alma Mater, 2010.g. vasara
Ieva Zibarte "Ar tamboradatu parspeja datoru", IR, 2010.g. 10.junijs
intervija Latvijas Radio, 2010.g. 12.junijs
Signe Martisune-Schwagrowski-Buyse "Zinatniece Daina Taimina - talu prom, bet tik tuvu...", Latvijas Vestnesis, 2010.g.16.julijs