How to fold it : the mathematics of linkages, origami, and polyhedra / Joseph O'Rourke.
"What do proteins and pop-up cards have in common? How is opening a grocery bag different from opening a gift box? How can you cut out the letters for a whole word all at once with one straight scissors cut? How many ways are there to flatten a cube? With the help of 200 colour figures, author...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Summary: | "What do proteins and pop-up cards have in common? How is opening a grocery bag different from opening a gift box? How can you cut out the letters for a whole word all at once with one straight scissors cut? How many ways are there to flatten a cube? With the help of 200 colour figures, author Joseph O'Rourke explains these fascinating folding problems starting from high school algebra and geometry and introducing more advanced concepts in tangible contexts as they arise. He shows how variations on these basic problems lead directly to the frontiers of current mathematical research and offers ten accessible unsolved problems for the enterprising reader. Before tackling these, you can test your skills on fifty exercises with complete solutions. The book's website, http://www.howtofoldit.org, has dynamic animations of many of the foldings and downloadable templates for readers to fold or cut out"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 177 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-146) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139127875 113912787X 9781139115049 1139115049 9780511975028 0511975023 9781139117210 1139117211 1283298465 9781283298469 1107217695 9781107217690 1139234862 9781139234863 1139122959 9781139122955 9786613298461 6613298468 1139112856 9781139112857 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511975028 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |