A Clockmaker, an Egg, and a Cathedral
The Art of Mathematics - En podkast av Carol Jacoby - Onsdager
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.
