Chuck, You might find this guy really interesting.
Rabbitt > On Oct 3, 2020, at 2:19 PM, Ali Bahmani <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > The 19th session of Origami Talk is here. Tomorrow We are going to chat live > with Tom Hull! > > <image.png> > > About the artist: > Tom Hull, an Associate Professor of mathematics at Western New England > University, is considered a leading expert on origami mathematics as well as > an accomplished paper folder. He has written origami instruction books, > numerous origami-math research papers, and authored Project Origami > <https://www.amazon.com/Project-Origami-Thomas-Hull/dp/1466567910>(AK > Peters/CRC Press), a book on incorporating the mathematics of paper folding > into college-level math classes. > He was on the Board of Directors for OrigamiUSA for 13 years, and he's been > invited to speak on origami-math to audiences all over the world. > > His most popular origami creations are the PHiZZ unit, which has infected the > fingers of procrastinators world-wide, and the Five Intersecting Tetrahedra > model, which was voted by the British Origami Society as one of the top 10 > origami models of all time. > > > In this session: > In this session: Tom will describe his journey learning origami, learning > math, and then learning both at the same time. This story spans the 1980s, > when very few people were studying the mathematics of origami, to now, where > origami math and its applications are hot topics in engineering and physics. > He will also try to describe how he views studying and creating mathematics > as very similar to studying and creating origami art. In fact, maybe they are > the same thing. Tom also wants to answer all of your questions about the > origami-math-art-applications universe, so please come prepared to ask > questions! > > Registration: > You can register for the event at: www.origamitalk.org > <http://www.origamitalk.org/> > The session will be held on Zoom > > When? > Sunday, Oct 4 > 9am PT | 12pm ET | 4pm GMT > on Zoom > > Ticket is Donation based. You can change it to the amount you like to support > the Origami Talk project. Promo codes are also still in effect. So if you > have it feel free to use. > > Looking forward to see you, > Ali Bahmani > [instagram] www.instagram.com/alibhmni <http://www.instagram.com/alibhmni>
