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- Books of cut-out kits for making card models
- Instructions for making models
- Introductory books, also suitable for school use
- Undergraduate level
- Natural, design and architecture bias
- Advanced mathematical texts
- Historic books
This is a list of books about polyhedra. Books of cut-out kits for making card models- Jenkins, G. and Bear, M.; Advanced Polyhedra 1: The Final Stellation, Tarquin. {{isbn|1-899618-61-9}}
- Jenkins, G. and Bear, M.; Advanced Polyhedra 2: The Sixth Stellation, Tarquin. {{isbn|1-899618-62-7}}
- Jenkins, G. and Bear, M.; Advanced Polyhedra 3: The Compound of Five Cubes, Tarquin. {{isbn|978-1-899618-63-7}}
- Jenkins, G. and Wild, A.; Mathematical Curiosities, Tarquin. {{isbn|1-899618-35-X}}
- Jenkins, G. and Wild, A.; More Mathematical Curiosities, Tarquin. {{isbn|1-899618-36-8}}
- Jenkins, G. and Wild, A.; Make shapes 1, various editions, Tarquin. Simple convex and star polyhedra {{isbn|0-906212-00-6}}
- Jenkins, G. and Wild, A.; Make shapes 2, various editions, Tarquin. Convex and star polyhedra {{isbn|0-906212-01-4}}
- Jenkins, G. and Bear, M.; Paper Polyhedra in Colour, Tarquin. {{isbn|1-899618-23-6}}
- Smith, A.G.; Cut and assemble 3-D geometrical shapes: 10 models in full color, Dover (1986). Convex and star polyhedra.
- Smith, A.G.; Cut and assemble 3-D star shapes, Dover (1997). Star polyhedra.
- Smith, A.G.; Easy-to-make 3D shapes in full color, Dover (2000). Simple convex polyhedra.
Instructions for making models- Fuse, T.; Unit Origami: Multidimensional Transformations, Japan Publications (1990). {{isbn|0-87040-852-6}}, {{isbn|978-0-87040-852-6}}. Contains origami instructions to build many polyhedra. The shapes vary from simple to extremely complex. The book focuses on origami and construction.
- Gorham, J.; Crystal models: on the type of an ordinary plait (1888). Reprint, Ed. Sharp, J., Tarquin (2007), also includes reprinted articles by Pargeter, R. and Brunton, J. {{isbn|978-1-899618-68-2}}
- Gurkewitz, R, Arnstein, B; "3D Geometric Origami: Modular Origami Polyhedra", Dover Publications (1996)
- Hilton, P., Carlisle, P., Lewis, M. & Pedersen, J,; Build Your Own Polyhedra, Dale Seymour; 2nd edition (1994). {{isbn|0-201-49096-X}}, {{isbn|978-0-201-49096-1}}. Contains instructions for building the Platonic solids and other shapes using paper tape. The focus audience is teachers. Includes some mathematics.
- Mitchell, D.; Mathematical origami: geometrical shapes and paper folding, Tarquin (1997). {{isbn|978-1-899618-18-7}}
- Wenninger, M.; Polyhedron models for the classroom, pbk (1974)
- Wenninger, M.; Polyhedron models, CUP hbk (1971), pbk (1974). Classic work giving instructions for all the uniform polyhedra and some stellations. Includes some basic theory.
- Wenninger, M.; Spherical models, CUP. Includes some basic theory.
- Wenninger, M.; Dual models, CUP hbk (1983), pbk (2003). Instructions for all the uniform dual polyhedra. Includes some theoretical discussion.
Introductory books, also suitable for school use- Britton, J.; Polyhedra Pastimes, Dale Seymore (2001). {{isbn|0-7690-2782-2}}. An activity-based book for classroom use.
- Cromwell, P.; [https://books.google.com/books?id=OJowej1QWpoC&printsec=frontcover Polyhedra], CUP hbk (1997), pbk. (1999).
- Cundy, H.M. & Rollett, A.P.; Mathematical models, 1st Edn. hbk OUP (1951), 2nd Edn. hbk OUP (1961), 3rd Edn. pbk Tarquin (1981). {{isbn|978-0-906212-20-2}} Classic text.
- Holden; Shapes, space and symmetry (1971), Dover pbk (1991).
- Pearce, P and Pearce, S: Polyhedra primer, Van Nost. Reinhold (1979), {{isbn|0-442-26496-8}}, {{isbn|978-0-442-26496-3}}.
- Ball, W.W.R. and Coxeter, H.S.M.; Mathematical recreations and essays, Dover, 13th Edn (1987). Editions up to the 10th were written by Ball. Chapter V provides an introduction to polyhedra.
- Wachman, A. Burt, M. and Kleinmann, M.; Infinite polyhedra, Technion, 1st Edn. (1974), 2nd Edn. (2005). Pictorial and photographic representations.
Undergraduate level- John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, The Symmetries of Things 2008, {{isbn|978-1-56881-220-5}}
- Coxeter, H.S.M. DuVal, Flather & Petrie; The fifty-nine icosahedra, 3rd Edn. Tarquin.
- Coxeter, H.S.M.; Twelve geometric essays (1968). Republished as The beauty of geometry: Twelve essays, Dover (1999). Almost half the essays discuss polyhedra or related topics.
- Fejes Tóth, L.; Regular figures, Pergamon (1964).
- Lakatos, I.; Proofs and Refutations, Cambridge University Press (1976) – Discussion of proofs of the Euler characteristic.
- Hilton, P. and Pedersen, J.; A mathematical tapestry: demonstrating the beautiful unity of mathematics, Cambridge University Press (2010). {{isbn|0-521-12821-8}}. About half the chapters discuss polyhedra and their relationships to other areas of mathematics.
- Richeson, D.S.; Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology. Princeton University Press (2008).
- Senechal, M. & Fleck, G. (Eds); Shaping Space a Polyhedral Approach, Birkhauser (1988), {{isbn|0-8176-3351-0}}. Based on workshops and papers presented at the Shaping Space Conference, Smith College, April 1984.
- Stewart, B.M.; Adventures among the toroids, self-published (1970).
- Thompson, Sir D'A. W. On growth and form (1943).
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}}
- {{The Geometrical Foundation of Natural Structure (book)}}
Advanced mathematical texts- Coxeter, H.S.M.; Regular Polytopes 3rd Edn. Dover (1973).
- Coxeter, H.S.M.; Regular complex polytopes, CUP (1974).
- Kaleidoscopes: Selected Writings of H.S.M. Coxeter, edited by F. Arthur Sherk, Peter McMullen, Anthony C. Thompson, Asia Ivic Weiss, Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1995, {{isbn|978-0-471-01003-6}}
- Several more to add here.
Historic booksListed in chronological order. - Plato; Timaeus {{gr icon}}. Includes a theory of matter based on polyhedra.
- Euclid; Elements {{gr icon}}. Construction of the five regular solids.
- Pacioli, L.; Divina proportione (1509) {{la icon}}
- Jamnitzer, W.; Perspectiva Corporum Regularium (1568). Woodcuts of star polyhedra and other variations.
- Kepler, J.; De harmonices Mundi (1691) {{la icon}}. English translation: Harmonies of the World, translated by Wallis, C.G. (1939), reprinted Forgotten (2008)
- Brückner, M.; [https://books.google.com/books?id=dERmNV8lxt4C Vielecke und Vielflache: Theorie und Geschichte], Treubner (1900). {{isbn|978-1-4181-6590-1}}. {{de icon}}. WorldCat English: Polygons and Polyhedra: Theory and History.
- Brückner, M.; Über die gleicheckig-gleichflächigen diskontinuierlichen und nichtkonvexen Polyeder (1906). {{de icon}}.
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