Lab · P100

Maps, maths and other nerdy things

Small experiments with South Africa and Denmark as the data. Mostly geometry, some history, all of it running in the browser.

• P101South Africa, drawn by circlesFourier epicycles with a hole in the middle. Two chains of spinning arms, one for the border and one for Lesotho.
• P102Denmark needs fifteen machinesOne Fourier series per landmass, all drawing at once from a single hub.
• P103How long is Denmark?The coastline paradox with an adjustable ruler. Denmark shrinks fast. South Africa barely notices.
• P104Born here, won thereEvery Nobel laureate as a line from birth country to the country they won from. Plus five Peace Prizes, one country.
• P105Draw it, then let the circles draw itYour own shape, traced back by a chain of spinning circles. Share the drawing as a link.