These shapes, called the Platonic solids, did not originate with Plato. In fact, ... Plato’s ideas lent dignity and grandeur to the study of geometry, and greatly stimulated its development.

Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (Perspective of regular solids), created in 1568 by German goldsmith and printmaker Wenzel Jamnitzer (1508–1585), is a study in shapes inspired by the five ...

A polygon is regular if it is uniform and its faces are all alike. The regular convex polyhedra are the five Platonic solids, which have been known since classical Greece. The ancient Greek ...

A69, 592-602; doi: 10.1107/S0108767313021442] shows how regular convex 4-polytopes, the analogues of the Platonic solids in four dimensions, can be constructed from three-dimensional ...

The Platonic solids are 3D shapes that Plato also gave a "classical element" value. ... “We apply the theory of convex mosaics to show that the average geometry of natural two-dimensional (2D) ...

Romancing the Platonic. By Julie Schaffer • June 8, 2011 • News, Review. SHARE. Anne Tyng: Inhabiting Geometry The Graham Foundation 4 West Burton Place, Chicago ...

If nothing else, Schein's work may prod mathematicians to find other interesting geometric shapes, now that equilateral convex polyhedra have a new family. PNAS, 2014. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310939111 ...

Student Design Competition with the theme of "Sacred Geometry: Platonic Solids." $24,000 in prizes! The Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA) in Greenwood Village, CO seeks conceptual design proposals for ...

A polygon is regular if it is uniform and its faces are all alike. The regular convex polyhedra are the five Platonic solids, which have been known since classical Greece. The ancient Greek ...