1 Vectors
I’m committing crimes with both direction and magnitude.
—Vector, Despicable Me
Marshall Islands stick chart on display at the Berkeley Art Museum (photo by Jim Heaphy)
The stick chart is a navigational tool crafted by the indigenous people of the Marshall Islands, located in the central Pacific Ocean. This ancient tool was made by carefully tying together the midribs of coconut fronds. Shell markings on the chart signify the locations of islands in the region. The layout of the fronds and shells serves as a geographical guide, offering an abstract representation of vectors that capture the ocean swell patterns and their directional ...
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