Geometer George W. Hart with his "12 part sculpture puzzle"

George W. Hart 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. A geometer is a mathematician whose area of study is geometry. ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY (IPA pronunciation: ) is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. ... Stony Brook is a hamlet (unincorporated community) (and census-designated place) located in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, 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, ^[1] Science (magazine), Tiede (Finish), Ars et Mathesis (Dutch) and other publications around the world. ^[1] The term zome is used in two senses, though both are related. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), is one of the worlds most prestigious scientific publications. ...

His academic work includes the online publication Encyclopedia of Polyhedra, the text book Multidimensional Analysis (Springer Verlag, 1995) and the instruction book Zome Geometry (Key Curriculum Press, 2001). He has also published over sixty academic articles.

George is a coinventor on two US patents, U.S. Patent 4672555  Digital ac monitor and U.S. Patent 4858141  Non-intrusive appliance monitor apparatus. These patents cover, in part, an improved electrical meter for homes called Non intrusive 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. A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a patentee (the inventor or assignee) for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which...

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). Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... Linguistics is the scientific study of language. ... Indiana University, founded in 1820, is a nine-campus university system in the state of Indiana. ...

See also

• Conway polyhedron notation - Created propellor operation for his artwork.

Conway polyhedron notation is used to describe polyhedra based on a seed polyhedron modified by various operators. ...

References

External links

• Examples of George Hart geometric sculpture