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A set of eight solid aluminum models for purchase, available in several colors.
Images and VRML models of the shapes connected together by their faces.
Data files and sample C code for a large number of the shapes.
More than eighty paper model templates, ready to cut out and fold up, available to print out or download.
List of links to sites on the topic, plus a few renderings of the shapes.
Explains why there can be only five regular polyhedra.
A proof that each configuration of polygons around a vertex results in a unique polyhedron, plus Java applets for rotating the images of the shapes.
The five regular polyhedra mapped onto the surface of their surrounding spheres, which can be rotated in java applets. Also includes a discussion of the mathematical properties of the shapes.
Images of paper models, plus some vrml models. In English, German, and French.
Puzzle designer's guidebook with designs, plans, and instructions for building geometric dissection puzzles of polyhedra and burrs.
Excerpt of Chapter 9 of R. Maeder's book The Mathematica Programmer II. Includes images and statistics for 80 uniform polyhedra, plus background information on the shapes and the wythoff symbol.
Encyclopedia with virtual reality (VRML) models, history and art of the shapes. Includes background information on each shape, a glossary, guide to names, classroom activities, sculptures by the author, and a bibliography.
Background information and images of the 59 possible stellated icosahedra.
Discussion of deltahedra, infinite and flexible polyhedra, with images, a java applet, and links.
Biography from an online History of Mathematics, with quotes.
Short biography from the University of Toronto.
An online encyclopedia of the shapes, including ray-traces and other data on the Platonic Solids, Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra, and Archimedean Solids.
Abstract of book about geometric model building.
Collection of information on polyhedra with images, VRML files, interactive java applets and original research.
Three dimensional block puzzles, VRML models, instructions for creating real-world shrinkable models, and a gallery of images. In English and Japanese.
An article by Jorge Rezende, Lisbon. Includes a deltoidal icositetrahedron, rhombicuboctahedron and rhombic dodecahedron exercise.
Provides animations and video clips of convex polyhedra, non convex polyhedra, other polyhedra and related subjects. In French and English.