polyhedral ponderings
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nterest  in polyhedra runs through the whole gamut of intellectual activity from the two-year-old child who plays with wooden cubes to the mature mathematician

who studies the subtleties of Branko Griinbaum's Convex Polytopes (Wiley, NY, 1967). Some of the regular and semi-regular solids occur in nature as crystals, others as viruses (revealed by the electron microscope). Bees made hexagonal honeycombs long before man existed, and in human history the making of flat-faced solids (such as pyramids) is as ancient as any other kind of sculpture. The five regular solids were studied by Thextetus, Plato, Euclid, Hypsicles, and Pappus....                                       —  H. S. M. Coxeter



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Presenting...      The Bone Rollers' Guide to                       
 Polyhedral Solids...

(a.k.a. "A Dice Fanatic's Search for New Toys")

As an avid dice collector or gamer, your interest in polyhedra may have less to do with mathematical theory and art than with your simple desire to discover novel ways of rollin' them bones.

If you're a true dice fanatic, prepare to be mesmerized by the infinite possibilities of the "multi-faceted" world of Polyhedral Solids. You can begin your journey here...

"Polyhedral Ponderings"


Then, be sure to check out....

"What Other Shapes of Dice are There?"


Here are some other POLYHEDRAL LINKS for you to ponder.

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