Klein bottles, 1995.
Image number: 10328222

Single surface models made by Alan Bennett in Bedford, United Kingdom. Four small Klein bottles (left to right): i) one loop relating to the single-twist Mobius strip, ii) two loop relating to the three-twist Mobius strip, iii) three loops relating to the five-loop Mobius strip, iv) four loop relating to the seven-twist Mobius strip. A Klein bottle is a surface which has no edges, no outside or inside and cannot be properly constructed in three dimensions.
- Image number:
- 10328222
- Credit:
- Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
- Date taken:
- 21 October 2003 10:08
- Image rights:
- Science Museum
