While Persian carpets and modern mathematics seem to have little in common. Barry Kishi has found his life's calling where the two intersect. The former mathematician throws in math terms such as "geometry" in a discussion of his business, the importing and selling of precious handmade carpets from his native Iran. But as he stands in his Chamblee shop surrounded by color and pattern, the dryness of math quickly gives a way to a passion for the art of Persian rugs. READ MORE