1. Origami as the Shape of Things to Come.
- Author
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Wertheim, Margaret
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ORIGAMI , *MATHEMATICS , *PAPER arts , *PROTEIN folding , *PAPER folding (Graphic design) , *ALGORITHMS - Abstract
Profiles scientist Erik Demaine of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is the leading theoretician in the emerging field of origami mathematics. Published papers on the formal study of what can be done with a folded sheet of paper by Demaine including landmark results about the theory of folded structures; Background on Demaine and his precocious education; Expert in algorithms, Demaine who became an MIT professor at 20; His new work on protein folding.
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- 2005