Thus spake "Kevin Lee" <[email protected]> on 6/23/15 9:51 AM:

>Numberphile, a math based Youtube channel with ~1.3M subscribers,
>recently did an episode on Klein Bottles, with Cliff Stoll.08:22 in, he
>reaches to his wall and picks up an origami Klein Bottle
>(https://youtu.be/AAsICMPwGPY?t=432)
>Apparently it's a design from an exciting new origami design talent, Dr.
>Robert Lang.Anybody ever heard of him?
>Yours, with tongue firmly in cheek,K Lee

At a long-ago math conference, Cliff offered to swap me a glass bottle for
an origami bottle. Silly me, I took him up on it. Only after we sealed the
deal did he reveal that he pays a professional glassblower a few bucks per
bottle to make them, taking only a few minutes per bottle (since
professionals are pretty good at that sort of thing)! Whereas it took me a
full day to design and fold that one. Ah well, live and learn.

Best regards,

Robert


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