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In Japanese culture the concept of katachi has special
significance, connoting relationships and connectedness. Although
katachi cannot be translated precisely, it corresponds most closely
to "form," "shape," "pattern," or "Gestalt." The contemporary study
of katachi is interdisciplinary and encompasses virtually all
scientific and aesthetic endeavors. Katachi research seeks to
bridge the gap between cultures - whether the "two cultures" of
C.P. Snow or the contrasting cultures of East and West. To help
achieve this aim and to foster international cooperation, the
interdisciplinary symposium titled "Katachi "U" Symmetry" was
convened in Tsukuba, Japan, November 21 - 25, 1994. With many
participants from differing backgrounds and cultural perspectives,
the symposium was the culmination of 15 years of work in the field.
Like-minded researchers and philosophers came together from two
movements in interdisciplinary studies of katachi and symmetry that
arose in the 1980s, one in Japan, the other in Hungary. The
proceedings of the symposium will stimulate and provoke the
interest of scientists and mathematicians, engineers and
architects, philosophers and semioticians - indeed, all those with
a lively sense of curiosity and a wide-ranging intellect.
A unique collection of papers illustrating the connections between
origami and a wide range of fields. The papers compiled in this
two-part set were presented at the 6th International Meeting on
Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (10-13 August 2014,
Tokyo, Japan). They display the creative melding of origami (or,
more broadly, folding) with fields ranging from cell biology to
space exploration, from education to kinematics, from abstract
mathematical laws to the artistic and aesthetics of sculptural
design. This two-part book contains papers accessible to a wide
audience, including those interested in art, design, history, and
education and researchers interested in the connections between
origami and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This
Part 1 contains papers on various aspects of mathematics of
origami: coloring, constructability, rigid foldability, and design
algorithms.
Covering a wide range of structural concepts and presenting both
relevant theories and their applications to actual structures, this
book brings together for the first time lightweight structures
concepts for many different applications and the relevant
scientific literature, thus providing unique insights into a
fascinating field of human endeavour. Evolved from a series of
graduate courses taught by the authors at the University of Tokyo,
the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, the University of
Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology, this textbook
provides both theoretical and practical insights and presents a
range of examples which also provide a history of key lightweight
structures since the Apollo age. This essential guide will inspire
the imagination of engineers and provide an analytical foundation
for all readers.
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Origami 6 - I. Mathematics (Paperback)
Koryo Miura, Toshikazu Kawaskai, Tomohiro Tachi, Ryuhei Uehara, Robert J. Lang
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A unique collection of papers illustrating the connections between
origami and a wide range of fields. The papers compiled in this
two-part set were presented at the 6th International Meeting on
Origami in Science, Mathematics and Education (10-13 August 2014,
Tokyo, Japan). They display the creative melding of origami (or,
more broadly, folding) with fields ranging from cell biology to
space exploration, from education to kinematics, from abstract
mathematical laws to the artistic and aesthetics of sculptural
design. This two-part book contains papers accessible to a wide
audience, including those interested in art, design, history, and
education and researchers interested in the connections between
origami and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This
Part 1 contains papers on various aspects of mathematics of
origami: coloring, constructability, rigid foldability, and design
algorithms.
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