From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami (BNL Women in Science Lecture)
Abstract
During the 1990s, the development and application of mathematical techniques to origami revolutionized this centuries-old Japanese art of paper folding. In his talk, Lang will describe how geometric concepts led to the solution of a broad class of origami-folding problems. Conversely, algorithms and theorems of origami design have shed light on long-standing mathematical questions and have solved practical engineering problems. Lang will discuss how origami has led to huge space telescopes, safer airbags, and more.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States))
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1013359
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-83260-2010-CP
TRN: US201117%%545
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- Resource Type:
- Multimedia
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Brookhaven's Women in Science Lecture Series, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York (United States), presented on June 24, 2010
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; 42 ENGINEERING; ALGORITHMS; BNL; DESIGN; MATHEMATICS; GEOMETRY; ORIGAMI; MATHEMATICAL DESIGN
Citation Formats
Lang, Robert J. From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami (BNL Women in Science Lecture). United States: N. p., 2010.
Web. doi:10.1145/1377980.1377983.
Lang, Robert J. From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami (BNL Women in Science Lecture). United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1145/1377980.1377983
Lang, Robert J. Thu .
"From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes: The Modern Science of Origami (BNL Women in Science Lecture)". United States. doi:https://doi.org/10.1145/1377980.1377983. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1013359.
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