Professor and the boomerang

November 24, 2014 10:13 AM

Professor Yutaka Nishiyama is a mathematician and a boomerang enthusiast. His Boomerang International Project page contains instructions in multiple languages for making your own paper boomerang and several videos of the boomerang in action.

Furthermore, he has written books and articles about mathematics in daily life, with publications and links to his articles available on his homepage (in English too). There is a short interview with him on Moebius Noodles.

posted by tykky (2 comments total)

I like that this comes right after a post entitled "It pretty much landed right in my lap"
posted by cacofonie at 1:03 PM on November 24, 2014 [2 favorites]

English instructions [PDF]

Video of Nishiyama's paper boomerang in action

I'm guessing this guy is great in the classroom.
posted by ryanshepard at 4:00 PM on November 24, 2014