Posted Jun 2, 2003 by clzoomer- "The TV business is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where pimps and thieves run free and good men die like dogs. There is also a negative side."
Didn't he make a *superegg* that could be balanced in all sorts of odd ways as well? I think commercially it was made into a table base.
As to the coloured map problem, was that the one that was unsolveable in two dimensions so a toroid was needed?
 that I am just adding questions, but I really don't remember.
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Posted Jun 3, 2003 by Pimms Lettuce
cl zoomer - 
1.yes - you need to try the link to The Superellipse. I felt Piet Hein's achievements needn't be lumped into a single entry on him, but would each stand alone, so supereggs are mentioned there - there is even a link to a model of a superegg you can build yourself.
2.this is a topic for another entry. I think the coloured map on the plane is a different problem from trying it on a toroid. All I know is that Piet Hein thought about the problem.
Pimms <lettuce>
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