What is Robert J. Lang?
{{Infobox Scientist | name = Robert J. Lang | image = Robert_Lang.JPG | image_size = | caption = Dr. Robert Lang folding an [[origami]] American [[flag]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|4}} | birth_place = [[Dayton, Ohio]] | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = [[United States]] | nationality = [[United States]] | field = [[Optoelectronics]], [[Physics]], [[Mathematics]] | work_institution = [[NASA]] | alma_mater = [[California Institute of Technology]] | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[Mathematics of origami]] | prizes = | footnotes = }} :''This article is about the American paperfolder. For the Czech hockey player, see [[Robert Lang]].'' '''Robert J. Lang''' (born May 4, 1961) is an [[United States|American]] [[physicist]] known for his contributions to the [[art]] of [[origami]]. Lang started his career in origami forty years ago, and many think he is now one of the world's best paperfolders. He travels often, giving [[lecture]]s about how origami is related to other topics, like [[science]], [[mathematics]], and [[technology]]. Lang is also the [[author]] of nine books, and has written articles in several origami [[magazine]]s. He has found many uses of origami in real life situations, like [[airbag]] design and an expandable [[Outer space|space]] [[telescope]].<ref name=bio>{{harvnb|Lang|2007}}</ref> Before being a professional origamist, Lang had many different jobs. He was a physicist, [[engineer]], and research and development manager in [[chemistry]]. Lang has helped to write 80 publications, and has over 50 [[patent]]s.<ref name=bio/> == Personal life == Lang was born on May 4th, 1961 in [[Dayton, Ohio]], but he grew up outside [[Atlanta, Georgia]].<ref name=newyorker2>{{harvnb|Orlean|2007|p=2}}</ref> He was