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The Mobius Strip for Kids: How a Shape Can Have Only One Side

Episode 744 10:56

In this episode

The story of the Mobius strip for kids: how one twist in a loop of paper makes a shape with only one side, and how August Mobius described it in Germany in 1858.

• How to make a Mobius strip and trace its one side with a finger
• Why Johann Listing found the same shape in the same year
• How the strip opened the door to topology and turned up in conveyor belts
• Quiz questions to answer along the way

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