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Penrose’s Patent and the Battle of the Tissue Tiles (Contains Mathematics)

This drama has got it all – art, law, maths, a genius professor/knight, a multi-national company, a courtroom… I was reading about Roger Penrose and I realised that today is the 30th anniversary of his success in applying for a patent on Penrose tiling. So this isn’t exactly news, but the anniversary is my excuse [...]