Robert Lang and Origami Science

[T]

The monthy magazine PHYSICS WORLD had a double page on the science and uses of origami which I believe was partially written by Robert Lang. It was very interesting and perhaps could be made available to the origami community who don't read physics magazines!

T

[Lux Aeterna]

This past summer (the June issue, maybe) Dr. Lang's work was also the subject of an article in Scientific American. I toyed with origami in elementary school (just traditional models), and never kept up with it until seeing that article, with a picture and CP of one of his great praying mantis models - pretty much instantly rekindling my interest in origami. I would never have guessed complex models that now seem everyday to me were possible... Just last week a friend walked into my dorm as I was finishing up an Icarus (Takashi's), and she was amazed you could do that with a square of paper.

[Cupcake]

I once saw Robert J. Lang's Klein Bottle in a magazine and I'm pretty sure that's one of the things that inspired me to fold. Before I saw that, I didn't really know that complex origami models existed!