Tyson loves geometric mathematics, getting to see the numbers that are so important be visualised.
His loves of Hexagons had been long established, but those aren’t the only shapes that Tyson cares about.
From a thread with flight-of-the-thieving-magpie:
“Hexagons are found everywhere as the most efficient shape: in every painstakingly crafted piece of honeycomb, the shape of each otherwise entirely unique snowflake and delicate clusters when bubbles meet, even in the monumental mass of the Giant’s Causeway; but it’s not the only shape maths gives. Not the only answer. The Platonic Solids were accepted as the truth before we had proof in crystalline forms. Arches were always pure compression forms. Mathematics proved that long before we had the test of time in the Roman Coliseum remaining largely intact centuries later. Proof is rigid fact. Proof is required for anything else to be accepted as the truth, mathematics proves itself. Tangible evidence is…” His gaze had initially been drawn to Jim’s lips, but had since drifted to his eyes. Tyson trailed off as he recognised his presence again, “…incidental, J-Jim.”
From a thread with smokingoursmiles:
“It’s n-nice, aesthetically and geometrically. The lines give create volume w-without sub-sectioning the building.” Tyson was never fond of open buildings or places, he preferred places where he could curl up and hide away from the world - he liked the Delaney family manor for this reason, there were dozens of rooms for him to hide away in where no one would find him - but he appreciated it from a mathematically standpoint, and in places where there were some closed of rooms he could manage it.He’d always had a soft spot in his heart for engineering and architecture because in them he could see mathematics, mostly geometry but also the numbers involved in causing momentum and the angle of light reflected around a room to give the most light with the least artificial. To him mathematics was beautiful - it was pure and honest, always giving more answers and never taking away.
He loves all types of mathematics, but parts that he can share with other people always hold more weight in Tyson’s mind. Geometric mathematics is one of the easier parts to share as it connects to so many different areas of life that other people already put value in