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Origami design secrets : mathematical methods for an ancient art / Robert J. Lang.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 758 p. : col. ill. ; [ca. 23-29] cmISBN:
  • 9781568814360
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TT870 .L2614 2012
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available as an electronic resource.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Building blocks -- 3. Elephant design -- 4. Traditional bases -- 5. Splitting points -- 6. Grafting -- 7. Pattern grafting -- 8. Tiling -- 9. Circle packing -- 10. Molecules -- 11. Tree theory -- 12. Box pleating -- 13. Uniaxial box pleating -- 14. Polygon packing -- 15. Hybrid bases.
Summary: "This book is an opus of world-famous origamist Robert J. Lang that presents the mathematical and design principles he uses to create original origami. The techniques are accompanied by folding instructions that illustrate them, building up to very advanced models at the end of the book. The second edition includes three new/highly revised chapters on box pleating, uniaxial box pleating, and polygon packing as well as smaller revisions throughout and improved illustrations"-- Provided by publisher.
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"An A.K. Peters book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Building blocks -- 3. Elephant design -- 4. Traditional bases -- 5. Splitting points -- 6. Grafting -- 7. Pattern grafting -- 8. Tiling -- 9. Circle packing -- 10. Molecules -- 11. Tree theory -- 12. Box pleating -- 13. Uniaxial box pleating -- 14. Polygon packing -- 15. Hybrid bases.

"This book is an opus of world-famous origamist Robert J. Lang that presents the mathematical and design principles he uses to create original origami. The techniques are accompanied by folding instructions that illustrate them, building up to very advanced models at the end of the book. The second edition includes three new/highly revised chapters on box pleating, uniaxial box pleating, and polygon packing as well as smaller revisions throughout and improved illustrations"-- Provided by publisher.

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