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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • I. BACKGROUND:
    • 1. What is Modular Origami?
    • 2. What is the connection between modular origami and polyhedra?
    • 3. What is a polyhedron?
    • 4. What are the Platonic Solids?
    • 5. Short history of the Platonic Solids and Connections with math, science and art
    • 6. References, Links and Origami Societies
  • II. MAKING THE MODELS:
    • 1. Definitions of Symbols
    • 2. Waterbomb or Triangle Base
    • 3. Triangles
    • 4. Hexagons
  • III. CUBES:
    • 1. The Jackson Cube
    • 2. The Sonobe Cube
    • 3. The Tile Cube
    • 4. Lewis Simon-Bennett Arnstein Cube with Windows
  • IV. TETRAHEDRA:
    • 1. Simple chain of four equilateral triangles from a square
    • 2. Equilateral triangle from a hexagon
    • 3. Equilateral triangle edge module
  • V. OCTAHEDRA:
    • 1. Bob Neale's octahedron 6-piece octahedron skeleton
    • 2. Lewis Simon's original 2-piece Gyroscope module from a square
    • 3. Equilateral triangle module from a hexagon
    • 4. Equilateral triangle edge module
  • VI. DODECAHEDRA:
    • 1. Bob Neale-Lewis Simon 108 degree module
    • 2. Lewis Simon's 2-piece Gyroscope module from a triangle
    • 3. Simon and Gurkewitz Dimpled Dodecahedron
  • VII. ICOSAHEDRA:
    • 1. Equilateral triangle module from a hexagon
    • 2. Equilateral triangle edge module

Title: Beginner's Book of Modular Origami Polyhedra: The Platonic Solids
Author: Bennett Arnstein, Rona Gurkewitz
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2008
Publisher: Dover Publications, Inc., Mineola, NY
Language: English
Page Count: 60
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0486461726

SUMMARY- When I think polyhedra, I envision dice(because I play a lot of games that require polyhedra dice). This is the perfect book to get anyone started on modular origami. As with most, the modules(or units) are pretty simple folds - it's the assembly that can get tricky. This book has simple enough polyhedra that a novice can work them out.