Platonic shapes

The complete icosahedron, with irregular faces, was first studied in 1900 by Max Bruckner. He extended the stellation theory beyond regular forms, and identified ten stellations of the icosahedron, including the complete stellation.

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The 5 Platonic Solids 2,500 years ago, Pythagoras, who lived contemporary to Buddha, surmised that all atomic structure was based on 5 humble and unique shapes, in the way they nested, one within the other, like Russian Dolls. In fact, Buddha has been recorded, during one of his deep meditations, as describing the atom as

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Metatron's Cube n 3D. It contains all of the platonic solids within it.

These geometric Christmas light covers are the work of the "playful.geometer" at Flickr. The five different covers are based on the five shapes of the Platonic Solids. The lovely patterns on each of the solids are "kaleidoscoped" fractal images. I like the paper lantern effect these have when they are lit up. Templates for each of the five are available here. If you are interested in creating your own decorative patterns, a educational math website has some blank Platonic Solid templates…

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