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Paper Models of Polyhedra -
More than eighty paper model templates, ready to cut out and fold up, available to print out or download.
http://www.korthalsaltes.com/ Juno's World -
Three dimensional block puzzles, VRML models, instructions for creating real-world shrinkable models, and a gallery of images. In English and Japanese.
http://www.polyhedra.jp/ The Platonic Solids by Peter Alfeld -
A proof that each configuration of polygons around a vertex results in a unique polyhedron, plus Java applets for rotating the images of the shapes.
http://www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/polyhedra/polyhedra.html Gallery of Polyhedra -
Gallery of shapes that can be made from books in the Tarquin catalogue, with some VRML models.
http://www.tarquin-books.demon.co.uk/form/polyhedra_galler.html Polyhedra by Peter Cromwell -
Contents, reviews, and errata of the book (CUP, 1997).
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~spmr02/book/ A Ride Through the World of Polyhedra -
Images, properties, constructions, and java applets to rotate the shapes. Includes convex, non-convex, and other polyhedra, plus links to other sites.
http://www.ac-noumea.nc/maths/amc/polyhedr/index_e.htm Polyhedra Home by Sam Gatrix -
Hundreds of ray-traced polyhedra, their duals, and their properties, plus Polyhedra 2001, a real-time viewer available for download (uses OpenGL).
http://gratrix.net/polyhedra/ Circumnavigating a Cube and a Tetrahedron -
Discusses the shortest closed routes which cross or visit each face or edge on the surfaces of the five regular polyhedra.
http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/js/circumnavcubetetra.htm Tom Gettys' Polyhedra Hyperpages -
Ray-traced images and VRML models of platonic, archimedean, and kepler poinsot polyhedra, deltahedra, stellated polyhedra, and prisms.
http://home.comcast.net/~tpgettys/ Multiple-unit Dodecahedral Constructions -
Images and VRML models of the shapes connected together by their faces.
http://home.wtal.de/mengerit/ Superliminal Software - The Geometry Page -
Discussion of deltahedra, infinite and flexible polyhedra, with images, a java applet, and links.
http://www.superliminal.com/geometry/geometry.htm Fr. Magnus Wenninger OSB -
Photographs of his constructions and a bibliography of works by and about him.
http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/mwenninger/ Handsonmath.com -
Abstract of book about geometric model building.
http://www.handsonmath.com/ Netlib Repository - Polyhedra -
Data files and sample C code for a large number of the shapes.
http://www.netlib.org/polyhedra/ Zvi Har'El -
Features a paper on uniform polyhedra and Kaleido software for computation and display of the shapes.
http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/ The Uniform Polyhedra -
Excerpt of Chapter 9 of R. Maeder's book The Mathematica Programmer II. Includes images and statistics for 80 uniform polyhedra, plus background information on the shapes and the wythoff symbol.
http://www.mathconsult.ch/showroom/unipoly/ Three Puzzles with Polyhedra and Numbers -
An article by Jorge Rezende, Lisbon. Includes a deltoidal icositetrahedron, rhombicuboctahedron and rhombic dodecahedron exercise. [PDF]
http://gfm.cii.fc.ul.pt/people/jrezende/jr_poliedros-puzzles_en.pdf Pavilion of Polyhedreality -
List of links to sites on the topic, plus a few renderings of the shapes.
http://www.georgehart.com/pavilion.html polyhedra.mathmos.net -
An online encyclopedia of the shapes, including ray-traces and other data on the Platonic Solids, Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra, and Archimedean Solids.
http://polyhedra.mathmos.net/ The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections -
Puzzle designer's guidebook with designs, plans, and instructions for building geometric dissection puzzles of polyhedra and burrs.
http://www.johnrausch.com/PuzzlingWorld/contents.htm Metal Polyhedra Models -
A set of eight solid aluminum models for purchase, available in several colors.
http://www.peda.com/models/ Martin's Pretty Polyhedra -
Images generated by simulating n randomly placed, mutually repelling particles on a sphere. Simulations up to n = 257.
http://www.wmeadow.demon.co.uk/poly/ World of Polyhedra -
System that can take 3d structure descriptions and generate mouse-rotatable flash animations out of them. Examples of animations for the five regular polytopes. In Chinese and English.
http://www.viviasoft.com/polyhedra/ Stellated Icosahedra -
Background information and images of the 59 possible stellated icosahedra.
http://www.mathconsult.ch/showroom/icosahedra/ Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter -
Biography from an online History of Mathematics, with quotes.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Coxeter.html Studies into Polyhedra by Anthony Thyssen -
VRML models and raw data in the OFF format to generate the shapes, plus images of the shapes rendered with povray.
http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/~anthony/graphics/polyhedra/ Vladimir Bulatov Polyhedra Collection -
Collection of information on polyhedra with images, VRML files, interactive java applets and original research.
http://bulatov.org/polyhedra/ Platonic Spheres -
The five regular polyhedra mapped onto the surface of their surrounding spheres, which can be rotated in java applets. Also includes a discussion of the mathematical properties of the shapes.
http://www.neubert.net/PLASpher.html Polyedergarten -
Images of paper models, plus some vrml models. In English, German, and French.
http://www.polyedergarten.de/e_index.htm Symmetry, Crystals and Polyhedra -
Data on polyhedra, the different types, compounds of the shapes, stellations, stewart toroids, zonohedra, and tesselations. Also discusses crystallography and symmetry.
http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/symmetry/symmetry.htm Platonic Solids -
Explains why there can be only five regular polyhedra.
http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/platsol/ Polyhedra by Jim McNeill -
Collection of VRML models generated by a QuickBasic program named Hedron. A number of the models aren't seen elsewhere.
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/polyhedra/ Alexander's Polyhedra -
Alex Doskey's collection of VMRL models. Includes a concentric model of the five platonic solids, Stewart G3's, toroidal polyhedra, and other shapes.
http://phobos.spaceports.com/~adoskey/polyhedra/ Mathematician's Portrait - Professor Emeritus H.S.M. Coxeter -
Short biography from the University of Toronto.
http://www.math.toronto.edu/~coxeter/ Polyhedra Models by Doug Zongker -
Templates for paper models for each of the 5 Platonic solids and the 13 Archimedean semi-regular polyhedra, in pdf format.
http://www.isotropic.org/uw/polyhedra/ Polyhedron Models Custom Built -
An introduction to the shapes by George Olshevsky, with their properties, specifications for his custom built models, and links to other pages.
http://members.aol.com/Polycell/next.html
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