The Platonic Solids Information Site: Recent Episodes
Dan Radin
This is a series of computer-animated videos relating to three-dimensional geometry, specifically polyhedra such as the Platonic Solids and their compounds.
This is a computer-animated rendering of a rotating tetrahedron-tetrahedron compound solid.
This is a computer-animated rendering of a rotating icosahedron-dodecahedron Compound Solid.
Platonic Solid Rock is a whimsical journey through the world of the Platonic solids. Learn about this beautiful aspect of three-dimensional geometry. You will be dazzled by the computer-animated graphics, entertained by the story of adventure and discovery, and rocked by the musical sound track. You will learn about the five most symmetrical polyhedra, why there are only five, and how they are related to each other. Like the stranger in the story, when you are done watching this movie, you will reenter the world you had left, but in your eyes, it will never look the same again.
This is the trailer to the video, Platonic Solid Rock, a whimsical journey through the world of the Platonic solids. Learn about this beautiful aspect of three-dimensional geometry. You will be dazzled by the computer-animated graphics, entertained by the story of adventure and discovery, and rocked by the musical sound track. You will learn about the five most symmetrical polyhedra, why there are only five, and how they are related to each other. Like the stranger in the story, when you are done watching this movie, you will reenter the world you had left, but in your eyes, it will never look the same again.