Chinese paper folding

The satisfying math of folding origami - Evan Zodl

Dig into the mathematical rules and patterns of folding origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. -- Origami, which literally translates to “folding paper,” is a Japanese practice dating back to at least the 17th century. In origami, a single, traditionally square sheet of pap

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The Story of Chinese Character : 絲

絲 depicts two silk roll. Since silk is an extremely thin fiber, 絲 is also used to describe the quality of thinness.

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The Story of Chinese Character :劃

劃 is composed of 畫(to draw, picture) and the BuShou of 刀(knife). 畫 depicts a hand holding a pen drawing the borders of fields, which has already had the meaning of planning or delimitation, a knife is a tool for cutting or dividing, the division of a field can be seen as planning or delimi

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Ex: Paper Folding to Model Addition of Fractions with Unlike Denominators

This video explains how to model the addition of fractions with unlike denominators using paper folding. http://mathispower4u.com

From playlist Number Sense - Fractions

Office Automation & Business Machines 1947 (IBM Chinese Character Typewriter, China, full video)

A Pre-Computer Look at Office Automation & Business Machines of 1947. This Vintage film describes many high-end business machines found in offices of the 1940’s, including the IBM Chinese Character Typewriter, and various machines for filming, stenciling, folding, lithographing, micofiche

From playlist Word Processing, Office Automation, Electronic Office Tools

The Story of Chinese Character : 夃

夃 is composed of 乃(therefore) and 又(also). 乃 depicts a rope, while 又 is the picture of a hand, 夃 depicts a hand pulling a rope, which has the meaning of getting something, so 夃 means ‘more’.

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Ex: Modeling Fraction Multiplication Using Paper Folding

This video explains how paper folding can be used to model the multiplication of two fractions. Site: http://mathispower4u.com

From playlist Multiplication and Division of Mixed Numbers

Origami Madness - Science on the Web #74

A 220-pound origami elephant made out of one sheet of paper? Yes, please. An origami robot that pounces to three-dimensional life? Of course. Join Julie and Robert as they explore the magic of folding. Subscribe | http://bit.ly/stbym-sub Homepage | http://bit.ly/stbym-hsw-home Listen to u

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Paper: A History

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What's the origin of "Sabbath"?

The #etymology of the word #Sabbath takes us through the history of the Israelites, Babylonian calendars & the moon, the festival of #Shavuot, origami, Frank Lloyd Wright, and many versions of the underworld. Thank you to all our Patreon supporters! Please check out our Patreon: https://w

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The Story of Chinese Character :帘

帘 is composed of 穴(a cave) and 巾(a cloth). The cloth is hanged over the entrance of the home(people lived in cave in the past), used as a curtain.

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Tangrams

The tangram is a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat shapes, called tans, which are put together to form shapes. The objective of the puzzle is to form a specific shape (given only an outline or silhouette) using all seven pieces, which can not overlap. Read more about tangrams her

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The Story of Chinese Character : 紙

紙 is composed of 糸(the picture of a silk coil) and 氏(the surname). 氏 depicts a bowing man holding a frame, the frame means enclosing a piece of land, implies someone obtaining a piece of land, it means a piece of flat object. Before the invention of paper, people writes on silk sheet, 紙 i

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[ML News] Microsoft trains 530B model | ConvMixer model fits into single tweet | DeepMind profitable

#mlnews #turingnlg #convmixer Your latest upates on what's happening in the Machine Learning world. OUTLINE: 0:00 - Intro 0:16 - Weights & Biases raises on 1B valuation (sponsored) 2:30 - Microsoft trains 530 billion parameter model 5:15 - StyleGAN v3 released 6:45 - A few more examples

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Behind the Book: Sandra Tsing Loh in Conversation with Samantha Dunn - 10/20/22

Jump to the start of the event: 11:12 Learn more: https://events.caltech.edu/series/behind_the_book/Sandra_Tsing_Loh

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The Story of Chinese Character : 片

片 depicts a tree trunk which is cut in half, which is symmetrical to 爿. After cut, the cut tree trunk has a flat surface, so the original meaning of片is a wooden plank, but then it is used to describe something thin and flat.

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IMT4007 Serious Games Week 9 pt2

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We Finally Know What That Green Goo On The Moon Was

I wrote a foreword for this awesome Sci-Fi book here: https://amzn.to/3aGrg0I Get a Wonderful Person shirt: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: paypal.me/whatdamath Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk ab

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The Story of Chinese Character : 几

几 depicts a table in ancient China. Before the invention of chair, Chinese knee on the floor to eat or write, so the table was shorter at that time.

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Provocative Questions about Cancer

Dr. Harold E. Varmus poses some provocative questions about cancer in one of a series of lectures from The Yale School of Medicine Bicentennial Symposium, "Biomedicine in the New Century," which took place over April 28--29, 2011.

From playlist The Yale School of Medicine Bicentennial Symposium