Discover the beauty of geometry with this beautiful set of platonic solids: the dodecahedron, icosahedron, octahedron, tetrahedron, the cube (hexahedron) in bright vibrant colors. They inspire - they gives you a sophisticated feeling holding them, seeing them and just having them around. They are both mathematics and art. They look great on desktops, and in workplaces and conference rooms.
Explanation of the Five Platonic Solids:
The Platonic solids are a group of five unique 3D geometric shapes, named after the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, who associated them with the elements of nature. Each solid is defined by identical faces, edges, and angles, making them perfectly symmetrical. There are only five and they are:
Tetrahedron (4 faces) – Representing fire.
Cube (Hexahedron) (6 faces) – Representing earth.
Octahedron (8 faces) – Representing air.
Dodecahedron (12 faces) – Representing the heavens or ether.
Icosahedron (20 faces) – Representing water.
Mathematically, Platonic solids are convex polyhedra in which:
All faces are the same regular polygon.
The same number of faces meet at every vertex.
Only five such solids exist, proven by Euclid in Elements (Book XIII).
These properties make them the most symmetrical 3D shapes possible, studied in geometry for thousands of years.
