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Science News
June 17, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Folding Perfect Thirds Origami provides a hands-on way to explore mathematical concepts.   |
Smithsonian
June 2007
Beth Jensen |
Into the Fold Physicist Robert Lang has taken the ancient art of origami to new dimensions. Along with other scientists, Lang believes origami holds elegant solutions to problems in fields as diverse as automobile safety, space science, architecture, robotics, manufacturing and medicine. |
Science News
November 30, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Fold-and-Cut Magic Accordion folds and judicious cutting can produce a string of paper dolls or a variety of geometric patterns. This activity also suggests a mathematical question. |
Science News
April 1, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Euclid's Fourteenth Book When a famous mathematician has something new to say, the whole world pays attention. |
Science News
January 6, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Folding Maps Now Erik D. Demaine of the computer science department at the University of Waterloo in Ontario and his coworkers have developed an efficient method for a puzzling problem: recognizing when a creased sheet indeed is foldable into a flat package... |
Wired
June 23, 2008
Allison Roeser |
Can You Origami? Follow One Master's Folds Renowned origami artist Robert Lang's beetles, centipedes and dinosaurs are exhibited around the world. Lang tells Wired how he became an origami master. |
Science News
February 25, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
The Galois Story The tragic tale of Evariste Galois (1811-1832), a mathematical prodigy who died in a duel at the tender age of 20, is one of the more dramatic stories in the history of mathematics. |
Salon.com
September 5, 2002
David Appell |
Math = beauty + truth / (really hard) Explaining what the winners of the world's top awards in mathematics actually do isn't as easy as adding 2+2. But we'll give it a try. |
