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Polyhedra

see also Solid Geometry

Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Danilovich. Konvexe Polyeder. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1958. 419 p.

Bisztriczky, T.; McMullen, P., Schneider, R.; and Weiss, A.W. (Eds.) Polytopes: Abstract, Convex, and Computational (NATO Asi Series. Series C: Mathematical and Physicial Sciences, Vol. 440). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Kluwer, 1994. $219.

Coffin, Stuart T. The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections. 196 p. Out of print. Now out in CD-ROM ed. ISBN: 0198532075. $?.

books.gif Coffin, Stewart T. and Rausch, John R. The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections CD-ROM. Puzzle World Productions, 1998. CDROM. Also includes a subset of puzzles from the PuzzleWorld website. $25.

books.gif Coxeter, Harold Scott Macdonald. Regular Polytopes, 3rd ed. New York: Dover, 1973. $8.95.

books.gif Coxeter, Harold Scott Macdonald; Du Val P.; Flather, H.T.; and Petrie, J.F. The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra, 3rd ed. Stradbroke, England: Tarquin Publications, 1999. 72 p. A polyhedron classic illustrating and discussing the stellations of the icosahedron, now back in print. $18.95.

Coxeter, Harold Scott Macdonald. Regular Complex Polytopes, 2nd ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1991. $64.95.

books.gif Cundy, H. and Rollett, A. Mathematical Models, 3rd ed. Stradbroke, England: Tarquin Publications, 1989. Contains net diagrams for polyhedra and much, much more. Recently reprinted. A must-buy. 286 p. $17.95.

Critchlow, Keith. Order in Space: A Design Source Book. New York: Viking Press, 1970. $?.

books.gif Cromwell, Peter R. Polyhedra. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 451 p. A lot of interesting historical information and nice figures. Clearly written, but short on equations. $34.95.

Gabriel, J.F. (Ed.). Beyond the Cube: The Architecture of Space Frames and Polyhedra. New York: Wiley, 1997. 510 p. $90.

Hartley, M.C. Patterns of Polyhedra. Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, 1951.

Hilton, Peter and Pedersen, Jean. Build Your Own Polyhedra. Addison-Wesley, 1994. 175 p. $22.

books.gif Holden, Alan. Shapes, Space, and Symmetry. New York: Dover, 1991. 200 p. $8.95.

Johnson, Norman W. Uniform Polytopes. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Kenner, H. Geodesic Math and How to Use It. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1976. 150 p. Out of print. $25.

Klein, Felix. Lectures on the Icosahedron and the Solution of Equations of the Fifth Degree, 2nd and rev. ed. New York: Dover, 1956.

Lyusternik, L.A. Convex Figures and Polyhedra. New York: Dover, 1963.

Pearce, Peter. Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. 245 p. $22.50.

books.gif Pugh, Anthony. Polyhedra: A Visual Approach. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. 118 p. Out of print. $?.

Schaaf, William Leonard. ``Regular Polygons and Polyhedra.'' Ch. 3, Sec. 4 in Recreational Mathematics: A Guide to the Literature. Washington, DC: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, pp. 57-60, 1958. $?.

books.gif Senechal, Marjorie and Fleck, George (Eds.) Shaping Space: A Polyhedral Approach. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser, 1988. 284 p. $14.

Weeks, Jeffrey R. The Shape of Space: How to Visualize Surfaces and Three-Dimensional Manifolds. New York: Marcel Dekker, ?. 346 p. $59.75.

books.gif Wenninger, Magnus J. Dual Models. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1983. 156 p. $39.95.

books.gif Wenninger, Magnus J. Polyhedron Models. Cambridge, England: University Press, 1974. 208 p. Contains all 75 uniform polyhedra. $34.95.

books.gif Wenninger, Magnus. Polyhedral Models for the Classroom, 2nd ed. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1975.

books.gif Wenninger, Magnus. Spherical Models. New York: Dover, 1999. 163 p. $16.95.

Williams, Robert. Natural Structures. Moorpark, CA: Eudaemon Press, 1972. Republished by Dover under the title The Geometrical Foundaton of Natural Structure: A Source Book of Design.

books.gif Williams, Robert. The Geometrical Foundaton of Natural Structure: A Source Book of Design. New York: Dover, 1979. 265 p. $14.95.

Yaglom, Isaak Moiseevich and Boltianskii, Vladimir Grigorevich. Convex Figures. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. 301 p.

Zalgaller, Viktor. Convex Polyhedra with Regular Faces. New York: Consultants Bureau, 1969.

Ziegler, G.M. Lectures on Polytopes. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995. 370 p. $32.95.


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