Paulo Freire's Polyhedra

A few years ago, I got obsessed by polyhedra, in great part because of the art of M. C. Escher. I made a few models of uniform polyhedra: the Paulyhedra!
You can see some of the paulyhedra in the images below; click on the images to get a larger version.

More pictures of the paulyhedra.

NEW!. Fly through the paulyhedra! This is a 144 MB movie, so it takes time to download.

If the images above arouse you, if you are teased by the stern mathematical beauty in these photos, here are links to some truly awesome polyhedral sites where you can find the truth about polyhedra:

Wikipedia's uniform polyhedra entry. This page is a good demonstration of Wikipedia's awesomeness. They list all the polyhedra and sort them by Wythoff symbol and vertex figure! They even list all the uniform planar tilings!
Roman Maeder's page. The rotating polyhedron on top of this page was taken from this web site. A beautiful way to start the day.
George Hart's page. This is a must for anyone that dreams of polyhedra at night. This man truly believes in polyhedra. From this page and its links, you may explore the whole polyhedral universe.

And here two great books on polyhedra:

"Regular Polytopes", by H. S. M. Coxeter. This is the book for people who want to understand regular polyhedra and regular polytopes.
"Polyhedron Models", by Magnus Wenninger. This is the book for people that want to build polyhedra (see list of models).

The editor of this web page does not accept any responsibility for eventual cases of insanity of other illnesses caused by prolonged exposure to polyhedra. Enter the above sites at your own risk.