Comments on: Polyhedra Polymath

Polyhedra Polymath

ewagoner — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:48:11 -0800

Prof. George W. Hart, of the Computer Science Department at SUNY Stony Brook, has an enviable web presence. His Encyclopedia of Polyhedra alone is worth the visit, his geometric sculptures make the nerd in me weep at their beauty, and his trilobite recipe looks mighty yummy.

By: greengrl

greengrl — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:03:00 -0800

thank you for this link. the nerd in me is also weeping... and the trilobite cookies are just begging to be made.

By: meep

meep — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:16:15 -0800

George Hart has been a speaker at Mathcamp a couple of times, and we got to do a little geometrical sculpture with him, using Zometool - the TinkerToys of geeks. Here's a few pics of a creation we made under his direction: a 3-D projection of a regular 4-D hypersolid. Its "faces" are dodecahedra (here it is from a different angle.) Dr. Hart wrote a book on Zometool, in case you're interested in exploring the geometric possibilities of this "toy".

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:29:56 -0800

How cool am I that all three of the links the the FPP are already purple in my browser? :)

By: gwint

gwint — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:33:31 -0800

I (heart) polyhedra. Here a nice link that lets you play with Platonic Solids in 3d.

By: pjgulliver

pjgulliver — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:33:52 -0800

The trilobiute cookies are priceless: "These cookies are the result of my most recent research into what ancient trilobites would have tasted like if primitive biochemical processes were based on jam/chocolate/cookie molecules. Independent paleoconfectionary laboratories often ask for my formula, so I have placed it here for the world to enjoy."

By: skimble

skimble — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:42:24 -0800

Awesome, quite inspiring. Thanks for the link.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:43:41 -0800

Good lord.

By: serafinapekkala

serafinapekkala — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:46:29 -0800

The trilobite cookies are priceless also his comments on how to consume them: "Yum-yum, eat 'em up. They'll soon be extinct once more"!!! this guy is King of the Nerd Dads! :-D

By: Espoo2

Espoo2 — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:11:16 -0800

Why is this on an office chair?

By: hippugeek

hippugeek — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:06:44 -0800

Those sculptures are mindboggling. He's like a modern-day Escher, but working in 3-D and even dorkier. Great find.

By: LairBob

LairBob — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 18:06:56 -0800

Not only a genius, but a great sense of humor..."The name Gonads of the Rich and Famous [for a pair of complex plaster 'spheres'] reflects, in part, the fact that these are very expensive to produce. 3D Printing is a new and expensive process. I hope that the costs come down in the future, so ordinary people can enjoy such nice gonads."
Really cool link. Thx.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Thu, 19 Dec 2002 19:06:48 -0800

This guy rocks, ewagoner, thanks for the links. I had seen his sculptures some time ago & loved them, but I never saw the trilobite recipe, and looks like there are many more goodies to explore. Check out one of my favorite sculptures, Just Two Cavities.