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From Soap Bubbles to Technology
published by the The Fountain Magazine
This article describes how soap films and their minimal surfaces have inspired mathematicians, scientists, engineers, and architects. Thirteen photographs and drawings show soap films and closely related structures and buildings.
https://fountainmagazine.com/all-issues/2008/issue-66-november-dec...
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Image credit: soapbubble.DK; image source; additional image This resource was a Physics To Go feature from July 16, 2010 until August 1, 2010. View the feature here!


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Keywords: architecture, catenary, minimal surfaces, soap bubbles
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 8, 2010 by Foha Rafiq
Record Updated: Feb 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 December 16, 2006
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(The Light, Inc., Somerset, 2010), WWW Document, (https://fountainmagazine.com/all-issues/2008/issue-66-november-december-2008/from-soap-bubbles-to-technology).
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From Soap Bubbles to Technology (The Light, Inc., Somerset, 2010), <https://fountainmagazine.com/all-issues/2008/issue-66-november-december-2008/from-soap-bubbles-to-technology>.
APA Format
From Soap Bubbles to Technology . (2006, December 16). Retrieved April 16, 2026, from The Light, Inc.: https://fountainmagazine.com/all-issues/2008/issue-66-november-december-2008/from-soap-bubbles-to-technology
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The Light, Inc.. From Soap Bubbles to Technology . Somerset: The Light, Inc., December 16, 2006. https://fountainmagazine.com/all-issues/2008/issue-66-november-december-2008/from-soap-bubbles-to-technology (accessed 16 April 2026).
MLA Format
From Soap Bubbles to Technology . Somerset: The Light, Inc., 2010. 16 Dec. 2006. 16 Apr. 2026 <https://fountainmagazine.com/all-issues/2008/issue-66-november-december-2008/from-soap-bubbles-to-technology>.
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@misc{ Title = {From Soap Bubbles to Technology }, Publisher = {The Light, Inc.}, Volume = {2026}, Number = {16 April 2026}, Month = {December 16, 2006}, Year = {2010} }
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