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The Institute For Figuring (IFF) is an organization based in Los Angeles, California that promotes the public understanding of the poetic and aesthetic dimensions of science, mathematics and the technical arts. Founded by Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim, the institute hosts public lectures and exhibitions, publishes books and maintains a website.


== Published works ==
Robert Kaplan The Figure That Stands Behind Figures: Mosaics of the Mind (2004)
Margaret Wertheim A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space (2005)
Margaret Wertheim A Field Guide to the Business Card Menger Sponge (2006)
Margaret Wertheim, Christine Wertheim Crochet Coral Reef: A Project (2015)


== See also ==
Mathematics and fiber arts
European Society for Mathematics and the Arts


== References ==


== External links ==
Official website