Robert J. Lang
Dr. Robert J. Lang 1961 (age 47–48) is an American physicist who is also one of the foremost origami artists and theorists in the world. He is known for his complex and elegant designs, most notably of insects and animals. He has long been a student of the mathematics of origami and of using computers to study the theories behind origami. He has made great advances in making real-world applications of origami to engineering problems.
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The intersections between origami, mathematics, and science occur at many levels and include many fields of the latter. We can group these intersections into roughly three categories:
- Origami mathematics, which includes the mathematics
that describes the underlying laws of origami;- Computational origami, which comprises algorithms
and theory devoted to the solution of origami problems by mathematical
means;- Origami technology, which is the application of
origami (and folding in general) to the solution of problems arising
in engineering, industrial design, and technology in general.
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Sources:
- Robert J. Lang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Robert Lang folds way-new origami | Video on TED.com
- YouTube - Robert Lang: Idea + square = origami
- About the Artist
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- Mathematical Imagery Presented by the American Mathematical Society - Robert J. Lang :: Origami/"Tree Frog, opus 280," by Robert J. Lang. Medium: One uncut square of Origamido paper, composed in 1993, folded in 2005, 5". Image courtesy of Robert J. Lang. Photograph by Robert J. Lang.
- Mathematical Imagery Presented by the American Mathematical Society - Robert J. Lang :: Origami/"African Elephant, opus 322," by Robert J. Lang. Medium: One uncut square of watercolor paper, composed and folded in 1996, 8". Image courtesy of Robert J. Lang. Photograph by Robert J. Lang.
- Mathematical Imagery Presented by the American Mathematical Society - Robert J. Lang :: Origami/"Fiddler Crab, opus 446," by Robert J. Lang. Medium: One uncut square of Origamido paper, composed and folded in 2004, 4". Image courtesy of Robert J. Lang. Photograph by Robert J. Lang.
- YouTube - Squares-Folds-Life: Contemporary Origami by Robert Lang IMA
- YouTube - The Amazing Origami of Robert Lang
