Klein bottle, 1995.

Made:
1995 in Greenfield
maker:
Alan Bennett
Five-layered sphere with added access routes which when cut Five-layered sphere with added access routes which when cut

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Five-layered sphere with added access routes which when cut
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Five-layered sphere with added access routes which when cut
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Five-layered sphere with added access routes which when cut produces a pair of single -twist Mobius strips.

A single surface glass vessel made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, 1995. It consists of a five-layered sphere with added access routes which when cut produces a pair of single-twist Mobius strips. A Klein bottle is a surface which has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot be properly constructed in three dimensions.

Details

Category:
Mathematics
Object Number:
1996-539
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
overall: 70 mm 70 mm, 0.102 kg
type:
single surface model
credit:
Bennett, Alan