A WORLD FROM A SHEET OF PAPER by Tadashi Tokieda

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Hi Everyone,

Group member Edie Gralla forwarded this to me, thinking it might be of interest to many of you. It looks like a fascinating lecture.

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Please join us for a IPAM Public Lecture featuring Tadashi Tokieda, Director of Studies in Mathematics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and the Poincaré Visiting Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Stanford. Wednesday, May 18, 2016 4:00 PM CNSI Auditorium, 570 Westwood Plaza, UCLA Reception to follow at IPAM This lecture is aimed at a general audience; no particular technical background is necessary.   ABSTRACT

Starting from just a sheet of paper, by folding, stacking, crumpling, sometimes tearing, we will explore a variety of phenomena, from magic tricks and geometry to elasticity and the traditional Japanese art of origami.  Much of the show consists of table-top demos, which you can try later with friends and family. So, take a sheet of paper . . .