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Alex Doskey's collection of VMRL models. Includes a concentric model of the five platonic solids, Stewart G3's, toroidal polyhedra, and other shapes.
phobos.spaceports.com
Circumnavigating a Cube and a Tetrahedron
Discusses the shortest closed routes which cross or visit each face or edge on the surfaces of the five regular polyhedra.
www.btinternet.com
Photographs of his constructions and a bibliography of works by and about him.
www.employees.csbsju.edu
Gallery of shapes that can be made from books in the Tarquin catalogue, with some VRML models.
www.tarquin-books.demon.co.uk
Three dimensional block puzzles, VRML models, instructions for creating real-world shrinkable models, and a gallery of images. In English and Japanese.
www.ne.jp
Images generated by simulating n randomly placed, mutually repelling particles on a sphere. Simulations up to n = 257.
www.wmeadow.demon.co.uk
A set of eight solid aluminum models for purchase, available in several colors.
www.peda.com
Multiple-unit Dodecahedral Constructions
Images and VRML models of the shapes connected together by their faces.
home.wtal.de
Data files and sample C code for a large number of the shapes.
www.netlib.org
More than eighty paper model templates, ready to cut out and fold up, available to print out or download.
www.korthalsaltes.com
List of links to sites on the topic, plus a few renderings of the shapes.
www.georgehart.com
Explains why there can be only five regular polyhedra.
www.mathacademy.com
The Platonic Solids by Peter Alfeld
A proof that each configuration of polygons around a vertex results in a unique polyhedron, plus Java applets for rotating the images of the shapes.
www.math.utah.edu
The five regular polyhedra mapped onto the surface of their surrounding spheres, which can be rotated in java applets. Also includes a discussion of the mathematical properties of the shapes.
www.neubert.net
Images of paper models, plus some vrml models. In English, German, and French.
www.polyedergarten.de