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Turning a Surface Inside Out

"Normally a sphere can be turned inside out only if it has been torn. In differential topology one assumes that the surface can be pushed through itself, but then the problem is to avoid forming a crease"

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 214 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Turning a Surface Inside Out” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 214 No. 5 (), p. 112
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0566-112