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Title

Graphics Gallery: The Regal Ghost: Visualizing the Eversion of the Sphere
Author

Silvio Levy
Organization: The Geometry Center, University of Minnesota
Journal / Anthology

The Mathematica Journal
Year: 1996
Volume: 6
Issue: 1
Page range: 10-14
Description

You can turn the surface of a sphere inside out without puncturing or tearing it, if you think of the surface as being made of an elastic material that can pass through itself. The computer animation Outside In explains the process for a nonmathematical audience.
Subjects

*Arts and Humanities > Visual Art
*Mathematics > Geometry > Solid Geometry
URL

http://www.mathematica-journal.com/issue/v6i1/