Semiregular polyhedra

Abstract

The text deals with semiregular polyhedra, especially Archimedean solids, their properties, construction, and the history of their discovery. Their use in architecture and other fields of human activities are also mentioned.

Keywords

• semiregular polyhedron
• Archimedean solid
• Piero della Francesca
• Luca Pacioli
• Albrecht Dürer
• Wentzel Jamnitzer
• Daniele Barbaro
• Johannes Kepler
• architecture
• Alfred Neumann
• fulleren