MATHEMATICAL ORIGAMI

Author: DAVID MITCHELL

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9781911093039

A Tarquin Original Papercraft and Mathematics Title. Origami is the art of paper folding without the use of either scissors or glue. Each of the beautiful and fundamental mathematical shapes described in this book is achieved by folding sheets of standard A4 paper. It is remarkable what can be done and David Mitchell gives clear step-by-step instructions for each. He has gathered together a most impressive collection which will amaze and interest mathematics teachers and other admirers of pure geometrical forms. Included: cube, columbus cube, tetrahedron, icosahedron, octahedron, skeletal octahedron, skeletal cuboctahedron, skeletal cube, rhombic dodecahedron, rhombic pyramid, rhombic tetrahedron, rotating rhombic tetrahedron, rhombic star, dodecahedron, outline dodecahedron, transformation. Paperback, 148 pages.