George W. Hart

George W. Hart

George William Hart (born 1955) [cite web |url=http://lccn.loc.gov/94039139 |title=LCCN Permalink for 94039139 |work=Library of Congress Online Catalog |accessdate=2008-07-20] is a geometer who expresses himself both artistically and academically. He is also a research professor in the department of computer science at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, New York.

His artistic work includes sculpture, computer images, toys (e.g. Zome) and puzzles. His sculptures have been featured in articles in the New York Times, [http://www.georgehart.com/cite/cite.html http://www.georgehart.com/cite/cite.html] . Consulted on January 1, 2007. ] Science (magazine), [http://www.tiede.fi/ Tiede] (Finnish), [http://www.arsetmathesis.nl/ Ars et Mathesis] (Dutch) and other publications around the world.

His academic work includes the online publication [http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html Encyclopedia of Polyhedra] , the text book [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0387944176/ Multidimensional Analysis] (Springer Verlag, 1995) and the instruction book [http://www.keypress.com/x5801.xml Zome Geometry] (Key Curriculum Press, 2001). He has also published over sixty academic articles.

Hart is a coinventor on two US patents, US patent|4672555 "Digital ac monitor" and US patent|4858141 "Non-intrusive appliance monitor apparatus". These patents cover, in part, an improved electrical meter for homes called Nonintrusive load monitors. These meters track changes in voltage and current usage by a given household and then deduce which appliances are using how much electricity and when.

Hart received a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT (1977), an M.A. in Linguistics from Indiana University (1979), and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (1987).

See also

* Conway polyhedron notation - Created "propellor" operation for his artwork.
* Incompatible Food Triad - A culinary puzzle Hart has worked on

References

External links

* [http://www.georgehart.com/sculpture/sculpture.html Examples of George Hart geometric sculpture]


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