List of books about polyhedra
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This is a list of books about polyhedra
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Natural, design and architecture bias
- Critchlow, K.; Order in space, Thames & Hudson (1969).
- Pearce, P.; Structure in nature is a strategy for design, MIT (1978)
- Williams, R.; Natural structure, Eudaemon (1972). 2nd Edition renamed The geometrical foundation of natural structure, Dover (1979). 3rd Edition renamed The Geometry of Natural Structure (40th Anniversary Edition), San Francisco: Eudaemon Press (2009).ISBN 978-0-9823465-1-8
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Historic books
Listed in chronological order
- Plato; Timaeus Template:Gr icon. Includes a theory of matter based on polyhedra.
- Euclid; Elements Template:Gr icon. Construction of the five regular solids.
- Pacioli, L.; Divina proportione (1509) Template:La icon
- Jamnitzer, W.; Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (1568). Woodcuts of star polyhedra and other variations.
- Kepler, J.; De harmonices Mundi (1691) Template:La icon. English translation: Harmonies of the World, translated by Wallis, C.G. (1939), reprinted Forgotten (2008)
- Brückner, M.; Vielecke und Vielflache: Theorie und Geschichte, Treubner (1900). ISBN 978-1-4181-6590-1. Template:De icon. WorldCat English: Polygons and Polyhedra: Theory and History.
- Brückner, M.; Uber die gleichecking-gleichflachigen, diskontinuierlichen und nichtkonvexen Polyheder, (1906). Template:De icon.
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