The Mathematics of Origami

About the author

Joseph O'Rourke is Olin Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Smith College where he has a joint appointment in Mathematics. He has written or coauthored eight books, including two textbooks and two books written for high school students: 'How to Fold It' (2011) and 'Pop-Up Geometry' (2022). His research is in computational geometry, developing algorithms for geometric computations, and he has published 175 papers in journals and conference proceedings in this area. He has won several awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987 and the NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars in 2001. He was named an ACM Fellow in 2012.

Product details

• Authors: O'Rourke Joseph
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9781009687355
• ISBN: 978-1-009-68735-5
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: MATHEMATICS / General, geometry, Origami and paper engineering, Popular and recreational mathematics, Popular mathematics, Origami & paper engineering