Advanced Polyhedra 1: The Final Stellation of the Icosahedron

Advanced Polyhedra 1: The Final Stellation of the Icosahedron

by Gerald Jenkins (Author), Magdalen Bear (Author)

Synopsis

This beautiful model to cut out and glue together has sixty spikes, each with three faces, making 180 faces in all. It is coloured in twenty different colours each of which defines a plane surface and which is represented by nine faces. Looked at another way it has twelve clusters of five spikes showing the relationship with the dodecahedron. Follow the simple and logical instructions to build this extraordinary model.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 24
Publisher: Tarquin Publications
Published: 08 Jan 2004

ISBN 10: 1899618619
ISBN 13: 9781899618613

Author Bio
Gerald Jenkins founded Tarquin while still a mathematics teacher. Following his lifelong interest in geometry he produced a series of works that made geometry accessible and colourful to generations since. Magdalen Bear, the illustrator, helped make this possible.