Polyhedron Models

by Magnus J. Wenninger

Models of the regular and semi-regular polyhedral solids have fascinated people for centuries. The Greeks knew the simplest of them. Since then the range of figures has grown; 75 are known today and are called, more generally, 'uniform' polyhedra. The author describes simply and carefully how to make models of all the known uniform polyhedra and some of the stellated forms. Fully illustrated with drawings and photographs, this is the first practical guide to making these intricate and beautiful solids.

Genres: Mathematics, Science

228 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[Bruce · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an incredibly valuable resource for anyone looking to expand their work with platonic solid, geodesic, or polyhedral construction. The approach is to show a picture of many different polyhedra, mostly stellations, and the plan for building a paper model.

There are also a few sections explaining a bit more of the maths and general principles.

So you can go at it without any maths at all, you can contemplate the maths to whatever extent you like, you can go at it with plywood instead of paper and build something like this https://plus.google.com/photos/113254...

If you are interested in this sorts of stuff you will, like me, spend many hours just looking at the pictures and contemplating. I have found myself returning to it again and again over the years, and it has something new to offer every time.

[Torre Bissell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Positive review

Lots of fun designs. Lots of hours of fun making them. There are new challenges here for me to try