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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by raheemm on Monday December 07, 2009 @05:18PM (#982337)
He is especially known for workshops he has led around the world constructing very large models of four-dimensional polytopes (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), These extraordinary activities expose participants to important conceptual ideas they might never experience otherwise... his alternative introductions to mathematical topics are often effective for engaging students who are not attracted to traditional mathematics teaching.

http://www.georgehart.com/research/hartbiog.html

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by slapshot on Monday December 07, 2009 @06:14PM (#982480)
This has huge bar-bet potential.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by alanthonyc on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @12:01AM (#983063)
Oops, sorry. Accidental downmod. Damn these tiny buttons on the iPhone.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by k0n2ad on Monday December 07, 2009 @11:14PM (#982995)
"In additional to the intellectual stimulation, you get more cream cheese, because there is slightly more surface area." Finally, maximum cream cheese intake problem solved.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by nooneelse on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @01:47PM (#984300)
I'm sure some other cutting gives maximum cream cheese.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by mikeryan on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @02:09PM (#984354)
Sure if instead of making a solid line cut around the middle you use a wave or zig-zag you'd add more cream cheese.

Or start from the top and cut in a spiral pattern like peeling an apple and you can get a long strip of bagel with tons of cream cheese application surface.

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by andrewcooke on Monday December 07, 2009 @05:13PM (#982328)
what a long explanation!

i assume that's equivalent to slicing the "tube" while rotating the knife completely around the axis of the "tube".

and if you only do half a rotation you should get a mobius bagel :o)

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by gcheong on Monday December 07, 2009 @06:49PM (#982558)
Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Vuh16r8o8
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by andrewcooke on Monday December 07, 2009 @06:57PM (#982574)
bingo!

thanks for that - i've been racking my head trying to think where in santiago i could buy a bagel tomorrow. now i have no need :o)

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by RiderOfGiraffes on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @03:09AM (#983295)
I met George in March 2008 - fascinating man - and I have his screw-together cube puzzle:

http://www.georgehart.com/puzzles/cube-puzzle.html

I wish I had more money so I could buy more of his stuff - it's utterly intriguing.

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by theblackbox on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @09:01AM (#983665)
Almost totally unrelated:

http://www.rogersconnection.com/

just wanted to strain your wallet a little further =P (and your mind, of course)

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by MikeCapone on Monday December 07, 2009 @05:57PM (#982435)
I actually laughed out loud. Well done, sir.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by caffeine on Monday December 07, 2009 @06:34PM (#982521)
I did as well. Savory.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by tokenadult on Monday December 07, 2009 @06:39PM (#982536)
I first heard of George Hart in connection with Zometools, a fine educational toy for current or future hackers.

http://www.zometool.com/

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by mleonhard on Monday December 07, 2009 @09:19PM (#982826)
Thanks for pointing out those toys. I just ordered a set for my nieces and nephew. :)

http://www.amazon.com/Zometool-ZS005-1-Creator/dp/B00001W0DS...

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by enobrev on Saturday December 12, 2009 @02:25PM (#991839)
The doughnut version http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/12/even-cooler-the-mobiu...
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by Luyt on Monday December 07, 2009 @11:48PM (#983045)
Yummm, looks deliciously. Are bagels an american thing? I can't remember seeing them in Europe.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by andrewcooke on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @06:17AM (#983447)
are you joking? they are a european jewish thing (from poland, according to wikipedia).

they only seem to be commercially popular in the usa/canada/uk, but you should be able to find them in any jewish deli/bakery in mainland europe.

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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by mseebach on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @06:32AM (#983497)
Well, origin and source of popularity are two different things. While most yeast-free methods of baking can be traced to Jewish roots, the bagel in it's current, cream-cheese dressed form was made popular (and for most intents "invented") in the US, in much the same way as the minced beef introduced to Hamburg in the 19th century by Russian sailors bears little similarity to the food that made McDonalds successful.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by eru on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @10:14AM (#983780)
Not to mention the Doner Kebap you get in Germany vs the Turkish original.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by philwelch on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @12:32AM (#983105)
You can usually find them in America, I don't know if we invented them though. It looks like they're of Polish Jewish origin.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by mcotton on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @12:14AM (#983082)
If only I could order my bagle like this at a coffee shop.
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by roundsquare on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @11:34PM (#985317)
New business idea? Call it "Mobius" and serve all your coffee and beverages out of klein bottles (with holes)? Find ways to Mobius-ify all the food...
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by wisdomtalks on Monday December 07, 2009 @11:47PM (#983043)
Just Coooooooooooooool man
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Re:How to Slice a Bagel into Two Linked Halves by leif on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @04:52AM (#983370)
shout out to mglukhovsky and bkudria

You guys should have taken his sculpture class.

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