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  1. Plaited Polyhedra

    Date released
    1 Feb 1960
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    266
    NoS ID
    120844
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS Summary - Maths teacher Robert Pargeter of Taunton’s School, Southampton, demonstrates how to make three-dimensional geometric shapes from strips of paper without using glue.

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  2. Stellated Polyhedra (1999 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Presents a simple analysis of the process of stellation and includes computer-generated animations of all possible stellations of the regular polyhedra, including the 59 stellations of the icosahedron as...

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  3. Recent updates to the Gateway

    Date
    18 Oct 2012, 17:37
    Author
    Andrew Ormsby
    Post Type
    Post

    The BUFVC Moving Image Gateway includes over 1,200 websites relating to video, multimedia and sound materials. These have been subdivided into over 40 subject areas. To suggest new entries or...

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  4. Polytopia I: Tessalations and Polyhedra (1997)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version), £49.00

    This CD-ROM explores the history and scientific applications of geometry. Topics include Plato’s Geometrical Alchemy, Kepler’s Universe, Polyhedra and the Natural World and Buckminsterfullerine. The text...

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  5. Uniform Polyhedra, The (2000 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Presents animated images of every three-dimensional uniform polyhedron. Begins with the five perfect, or Platonic solids, and goes on to show the four stellated polyhedra, then the 64 other regular solids...

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  6. Five Platonic Solids, The (1993)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 17 minutes), £36.00

    This computer-animated programme takes students on a journey through space into the parallel universe of Polyhedra. It explores in detail each of the five platonic solids, from their heritage to construction...

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  7. Polytopia II: Honeycombs and Polytopes (1997)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version, 2004), £49.0

    This CD-ROM continues the theme of TESSALATIONS AND POLYHEDRA (POLYTOPIA I) to space-filling arrangements of polyhedra and the 4D equivalents of the Platonic Solids. Topics include Face Centred Cubic and...

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  8. Art and Mathematics (1996 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Art; Mathematics
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    CD-ROM based teaching resource looking at the interplay between mathematics and the visual arts. Modules cover spiritual geometry, magic squares, perspective, knots and links, the Divine Proportion, ‘The...

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  9. Platonic Solids, The / Octet for Truss and Comb (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 56 min., 2000 sale: £85.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Two programmes for use with course units GE5 and GE6: 1) The Platonic Solids (25 min): Classifies the direct symmetry groups of five regular solids. Introduces them and shows how they are built up from their...

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