Roman dodecahedra (Q2365837): Difference between revisions
From MaRDI portal
Added link to MaRDI item. |
Set OpenAlex properties. |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Property / author | |||
| Property / author: Benno Artmann / rank | |||
| Property / reviewed by | |||
| Property / reviewed by: Johannes Boehm / rank | |||
| Property / author | |||
| Property / author: Benno Artmann / rank | |||
Normal rank | |||
| Property / reviewed by | |||
| Property / reviewed by: Johannes Boehm / rank | |||
Normal rank | |||
| Property / MaRDI profile type | |||
| Property / MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile / rank | |||
Normal rank | |||
| Property / cites work | |||
| Property / cites work: The discovery of the regular solids / rank | |||
Normal rank | |||
| Property / cites work | |||
| Property / cites work: Q3331184 / rank | |||
Normal rank | |||
| Property / full work available at URL | |||
| Property / full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03024193 / rank | |||
Normal rank | |||
| Property / OpenAlex ID | |||
| Property / OpenAlex ID: W3192687411 / rank | |||
Normal rank | |||
Latest revision as of 09:31, 30 July 2024
scientific article
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Roman dodecahedra |
scientific article |
Statements
Roman dodecahedra (English)
0 references
29 June 1993
0 references
The author describes the shape of some old dodecahedra, one of them dating from about 500 B. C. Concerning the meaning of such a dodecahedron he discusses the two conjectures of associations between a dodecahedron and fire or the zodiac. At the end he reports what Greek mathematicians and philosophers had to say on this subject.
0 references
regular figures
0 references
three-dimensional polytopes
0 references
dodecahedron
0 references
historical
0 references
Greek
0 references
Roman
0 references
