Comments on: Paper models of polyhedra

Paper models of polyhedra

carter — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 06:24:25 -0800

Friday Folding Fun! Paper models of polyhedra (most of which I had never heard of before). When finished they look like this. In many cases it's a toss up as to whether they're easier to fold or to pronounce; dodecicosidodecahedrons, anyone? Also: polyhedra info, indexes; and stellated icosahedra by shape and plan.

By: IshmaelGraves

IshmaelGraves — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:21:36 -0800

My friend had one of these in her car. It was very impressive until I accidentally sat on it.

By: gwint

gwint — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:34:18 -0800

[This is good] (and not just for kids who have lost their D&D dice)

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:06:45 -0800

[This is good], but it's shaming to me that I was not the one to think of, research, and post it. You see, constructing paper polyhedra, most of them stellated ('cause that's when the real fun begins) was a longtime fascination of my high school math teacher - the one teacher who gave me hope about the sanity of teachers, adults, and education in general. And I wasn't even any good in math.

By: lobakgo

lobakgo — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 12:11:43 -0800

I love these things. I love that someone has taken the time to put this together on a website. This pentakisdodecahedron makes my mouth water. Thanks for a neat post, carter!

By: fuzz

fuzz — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 04:14:06 -0800

Thanks for this post! As a high-school math geek, I built a ton of these. This book describes a method for building paper polyhedra that's a lot easier, and produces much sturdier and better-looking models, than the fold-and-glue-tabs approach.