Rona Gurkewitz
Rona Gurkewitz is an American mathematician and computer scientist, known for her work on modular origami.[1][2] She is a professor emerita of computer science at Western Connecticut State University,[3] and the former head of the department of computer science there.[2]
Origami[edit]
Gurkewitz became interested in origami after meeting origami pioneer Lillian Oppenheimer at a dinner party and becoming a regular visitor to Oppenheimer's origami get-togethers.[2] She has written several books on origami, exhibited works at international origami shows,[2] supplied a piece for the set design of the premiere of the Rajiv Joseph play Animals Out of Paper,[4] and has made modular origami quilts as well as polyhedra.[2]
Books[edit]
With retired mechanical engineer Bennett Arnstein,[2] Gurkewitz is the coauthor of books including:
- 3D Geometric Origami: Modular Origami Polyhedra (Dover, 1996)[5]
- Multimodular Origami Polyhedra: Archimedeans, Buckyballs and Duality (Dover, 2002)[6]
- Beginner's Book of Modular Origami Polyhedra: The Platonic Solids (Dover, 2008)
With Arnstein and Lewis Simon, she is a coauthor of the second edition of the book Modular Origami Polyhedra (Dover, 1999), extended from the first edition by Arnstein and Simon.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Origami: Doing the Math Without the Numbers", Republican-American, 6 January 2009 – via Mathematical Association of America
- ^ a b c d e f Overton, Penelope (11 January 2009), "Conn. origami master hooked on 'geometry without numbers'", Telegram & Gazette
- ^ Computer Science Faculty and Staff, Western Connecticut State University, retrieved 2020-08-27
- ^ Gluckman, Neil (11 August 2008), "Origami, More Than Paper Critters", Art Around Town, New York Sun
- ^ Reviews of 3D Geometric Origami: Modular Origami Polyhedra:
- Plummer, Robert (December 1996), The Mathematics Teacher, 89 (9): 782, JSTOR 27970022
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Barnette, David (1997), Mathematical Reviews, MR 1375920
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Cannon, Mary Ellen (May 1997), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2 (6): 444–445, JSTOR 41181638
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Blackwell, Joan (March 1999), "Review", School Science and Mathematics, 99 (3), Wiley: 160, doi:10.1111/j.1949-8594.1999.tb17467.x, ProQuest 195202376
- Plummer, Robert (December 1996), The Mathematics Teacher, 89 (9): 782, JSTOR 27970022
- ^ Reviews of Multimodular Origami Polyhedra: Archimedeans, Buckyballs and Duality:
- ^ Reviews of Modular Origami Polyhedra (2nd ed.):