A History of Folding in Mathematics: Mathematizing the Margins

Author:   Michael Friedman
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Volume:   59
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9783319724867


Pages:   419
Publication Date:   06 June 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michael Friedman
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Volume:   59
Weight:   6.455kg
ISBN:  

9783319724867


ISBN 10:   331972486
Pages:   419
Publication Date:   06 June 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- 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.

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“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)


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)


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