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Platonic Solids

Examining the five Platonic solids: convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, equal edges, and identical vertex arrangements.

This page serves as a landing page with links out to explore visualizations of each respective solid.

β€œThe universe cannot be read until we have learnt the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and the letters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without which means it is humanly impossible to comprehend a single word.” β€” Galileo Galilei

Tetrahedron

Cube

Octahedron

Dodecahedron

Icosahedron