Science News for Kids » symmetry http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Cool Jobs: Math as entertainment http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-math-as-entertainment/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-math-as-entertainment/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:15:15 +0000 Dana Mackenzie http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15186 When a band of zoo buddies tears through a Monte Carlo casino, the marble columns don’t have a chance. Nafees Bin Zafar used mathematics to power the visual effects behind this madcap scene in Madagascar 3. Credit: “Madagascar 3” © 2012 DreamWorks Animation LLC, used with permission of DreamWorks Animation LLC

Magic, movies and metal: How mathematics adds dazzle to the visual world]]> When a band of zoo buddies tears through a Monte Carlo casino, the marble columns don’t have a chance. Nafees Bin Zafar used mathematics to power the visual effects behind this madcap scene in Madagascar 3. Credit: “Madagascar 3” © 2012 DreamWorks Animation LLC, used with permission of DreamWorks Animation LLC

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