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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael FriedmanPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018 Volume: 59 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.664kg ISBN: 9783030102098ISBN 10: 3030102092 Pages: 419 Publication Date: 15 January 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- From the 16th Century Onwards: Folding Polyhedra. New Epistemological Horizons?.- Prolog to the 19th Century: Accepting Folding as a Method of Inference.- The 19th Century – What Can and Cannot be (Re)presented: On Models and Kindergartens.- Towards the Axiomatization, Operationalization and Algebraization of the Fold.- The Axiomatization(s) of the Fold.- Appendix I: Margherita Beloch Piazzolla: “Alcune applicazioni del metodo del ripiegamento della carta di Sundara Row”.- Appendix II: Deleuze, Leibniz and the Unmathematical Fold.- Bibliography.- List of Figures.ReviewsFriedman's new book is the first modern scholarly account of the history of mathematical paper folding. ... His insights and detailed scholarship make this an invaluable source book for anyone interested in the history of mathematics. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. (R. L. Pour, Choice, Vol. 56 (05), January, 2019) The work offers a wealth of mathematical and historical information on a wide selection of topics that involve folding. ... the author provides general readers, as well as historians and mathematicians, with a fascinating, well-researched, richly illustrated, well-referenced, and valuable resource on the history of paper folding and its mathematical aspects. (James J. Tattersall, Mathematical Reviews, January, 2019) “Friedman’s new book is the first modern scholarly account of the history of mathematical paper folding. … His insights and detailed scholarship make this an invaluable source book for anyone interested in the history of mathematics. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (R. L. Pour, Choice, Vol. 56 (05), January, 2019) “The work offers a wealth of mathematical and historical information on a wide selection of topics that involve folding. … the author provides general readers, as well as historians and mathematicians, with a fascinating, well-researched, richly illustrated, well-referenced, and valuable resource on the history of paper folding and its mathematical aspects.” (James J. Tattersall, Mathematical Reviews, January, 2019) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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