Hyperbolic paraboloid, made by Fabre de Lagrange, France, 1872. Formed by strings attached to two bars equally spaced, each turns on an arm perpendicular to itself and one arm swings on a pillar; ...

With his expertise in chemistry and math, scientist Fred Baur invented potato chips in the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid. Lightweight chips like Pringles can fly off the conveyor belt. This shape, ...

For St. Mary’s, it’s the hyperbolic paraboloid — mathematical speak for a plane curved in two dimensions, resulting in a saddle-like shape. (For an everyday example of a hyperbolic ...

Rather than the saddle-shaped (or hyperbolic paraboloid shape, to be more specific) Pringles fans know, Mingles look like bowties. The air-puffed snacks are meant to “melt in your mouth ...