A History of Folding in Mathematics: Mathematizing the Margins

Introduction.- From the 16^th Century Onwards: Folding Polyhedra. New Epistemological Horizons?.- Prolog to the 19^th Century: Accepting Folding as a Method of Inference.- The 19^th Century - What Can and Cannot be (Re)presented: On Models and Kindergartens.- Towards the Axiomatization, Operationalization and Algebraization of the Fold.- The Axiomatization(s) of the Fold.- Appendix I: Margherita Beloch Piazzolla: "Alcune applicazioni del metodo del ripiegamento della carta di Sundara Row".- Appendix II: Deleuze, Leibniz and the Unmathematical Fold.- Bibliography.- List of Figures.