85 Ways to Tie a Tie

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1. extremelearningMar 2021
   I was given the book "The 85 ways to Tie a Tie" as a gift many years ago. It is a wonderful read for nerds.

   "Two physicists prove that there are not just four ways to tie a tie, but a further eighty-one. ‘The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie’ unravels the history of ties, the story of the discovery of the new knots and some very elegant mathematics in action."

   https://www.amazon.in/85-Ways-Tie-Science-Aesthetics/dp/1841...

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2. carapaceJan 2021
   Hey, they wrote a book!

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_85_Ways_to_Tie_a_Tie

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3. _emacsomancer_Feb 2019
   Puts me in mind also of The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_85_Ways_to_Tie_a_Tie].
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4. mcguireFeb 2018
   100 ways?

   There are only The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_85_Ways_to_Tie_a_Tie?wprov...

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5. DanBCNov 2015
   Normally I'd take the number out, but here it's the title of the paper and of the book and of the wikipedia page.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_85_Ways_to_Tie_a_Tie

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6. mrcactu5May 2015
   While at Cambridge, Thomas Fink wrote "The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie: The Science and Aesthetics of Tie Knots" (2001)

   http://www.amazon.com/The-85-Ways-Tie-Aesthetics/dp/18411556...

   He connects his model of neckties to statistaical mechanics and invents a few new styles.

   http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~tmf20/85ways.shtml https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_85_Ways_to_Tie_a_Tie

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