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The Projects of R. W. Gray

The Projects of R. W. Gray

Geometric coffee tables, an introduction to polyhedra and the jitterbug (a dynamic polyhedron) that draws on the golden ratio, a collection of notes with respect to R. Buckminster Fuller's work, photos of a dome frame Gray built with students at Oswego University, Jay Baldwin-type pillow domes, and more. Java 3D Projects include interactive 3D programs to explore Fuller's "Cosmic Hierarchy" of nested polyhedra, "vortex faces" of the regular dodecahedron, and Lynnclaire Dennis' 120 polyhedron and other associated polyhedra.

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