The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats

Why HN readers recommended it

Strongly recommended as a mind-bending, approachable explanation of aperiodic patterns, even enjoyable with kids.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Veritasium

Topic

quasicrystals

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• The Youtube channel "Veritasium" featured a great video on Penrose tilings and their relationship to quasicrystals [0]. A fascinating example of a mathematical discovery with a previously unsuspected physical incarnation. [0] [VIDEO]

• Great video thanks for sharing. My brain still hurting, it tried to explode at 14.38 :-) [VIDEO] Also quite interesting these are found in a few meteorites. I wonder if somebody is confidentially keeping some quasicrystal with very special properties somewhere. "Third-ever natural quasicrystal found …

• My kids and I geeked out over the Veritasium video on Penrose tiles ( [VIDEO] ). It is pretty exciting to see approachable math like this being discovered before our eyes.