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Title: Virtual Polyhedra
Url: http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html
Creator: Hart, George W. (George William), 1955-
Publisher: GeorgeHart.Com
Description: A growing collection of over 1000 virtual reality polyhedra to explore, complementing Hart's Pavilion of Polyhedreality. Includes instructions for building paper models of polyhedra including modular origami, with ideas for classroom use. Each of the sections contains background information and exercises, a list of virtual reality models, and links to further topics. Platonic Solids (Regular Convex Polyhedra); Kepler-Poinsot Polyhedra (Regular NonConvex Polyhedra); Archimedean Polyhedra (Semi-Regular Convex Polyhedra); Prisms and Anti-Prisms; Archimedean Duals; Quasi-Regular Polyhedra; Johnson Solids (the remaining convex polyhedra with regular faces); Pyramids, Dipyramids, and Trapezohedra; Compound Polyhedra - Introduction; Stellated Polyhedra - Introduction; Compounds of Cubes; Convex Deltahedra; Zonohedra; Uniform Polyhedra; Uniform Compounds of Uniform Polyhedra; Stellations of the Icosahedron; Stellations of the Rhombic Triacontahedron; Other Good Stuff: Alphabetic list of articles, Alphabetic listing of all the polyhedra models, a Glossary, and an Annotated Bibliography. Also background material on polygons and on polyhedron names.
LC Classification: Fine arts -- Arts in general -- The arts in relation to other subjects, A-Z -- Mathematics
Science -- Mathematics -- Geometry -- Convex geometry -- Convex polyhedra. Convex polytopes
Science -- Mathematics -- Study and teaching. Research -- Special teaching methods and aids -- Audiovisual aids -- Special types, A-Z -- Art
Technology -- Engineering (General). Civil engineering -- Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) -- Structural engineering (General) -- Specific structural forms, analysis, and design, A-Z -- Polyhedra
GEM Subject: Mathematics
Mathematics -- Instructional issues
Mathematics -- Applied mathematics
Arts
Arts -- Instructional issues
Mathematics -- Patterns
Resource Type: Collection
Instructional Material -- Model
Audio/Visual -- Image/Image Set
Instructional Material -- Interactive Simulation
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Professional/Practitioner
Education Level: High School
Middle School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Graduate/Professional
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Rights: George W. Hart
Access Rights: Free access
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