http://blog.stevemould.com/magnetic-balls-reloaded/ A geek blog by Steve Mould Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.stevemould.com/magnetic-balls-reloaded/comment-page-1/#comment-7 admin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:27:08 +0000 http://blog.stevemould.com/?p=62#comment-7 Thanks the the recommendation. Just ordered off Amazon new and used. Bargain. Yes, I'm a bit obsessed with them. I even read something about how the universe might in some way be dodecahedral. In as much as they can tessellate and 120 of them can make up a hypersphere. A hypersphere being the proposed structure of the universe that explains why it can be finite but have no edges. You know what I mean? The evidence would be that if you look out far enough so that you're looking back on yourself, what you would see would be rotated pi/5 because the opposite faces of the dodecahedron are out by that much. Probably bollocks but an interesting though. Thanks the the recommendation. Just ordered off Amazon new and used. Bargain. Yes, I’m a bit obsessed with them. I even read something about how the universe might in some way be dodecahedral. In as much as they can tessellate and 120 of them can make up a hypersphere. A hypersphere being the proposed structure of the universe that explains why it can be finite but have no edges. You know what I mean? The evidence would be that if you look out far enough so that you’re looking back on yourself, what you would see would be rotated pi/5 because the opposite faces of the dodecahedron are out by that much. Probably bollocks but an interesting though.

]]> http://blog.stevemould.com/magnetic-balls-reloaded/comment-page-1/#comment-796 admin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:27:00 +0000 http://blog.stevemould.com/?p=62#comment-796 Thanks the the recommendation. Just ordered off Amazon new and used. Bargain. Yes, I'm a bit obsessed with them. I even read something about how the universe might in some way be dodecahedral. In as much as they can tessellate and 120 of them can make up a hypersphere. A hypersphere being the proposed structure of the universe that explains why it can be finite but have no edges. You know what I mean? The evidence would be that if you look out far enough so that you're looking back on yourself, what you would see would be rotated pi/5 because the opposite faces of the dodecahedron are out by that much. Probably bollocks but an interesting though. Thanks the the recommendation. Just ordered off Amazon new and used. Bargain. Yes, I’m a bit obsessed with them. I even read something about how the universe might in some way be dodecahedral. In as much as they can tessellate and 120 of them can make up a hypersphere. A hypersphere being the proposed structure of the universe that explains why it can be finite but have no edges. You know what I mean? The evidence would be that if you look out far enough so that you’re looking back on yourself, what you would see would be rotated pi/5 because the opposite faces of the dodecahedron are out by that much. Probably bollocks but an interesting though.

]]> http://blog.stevemould.com/magnetic-balls-reloaded/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Laura Donelly Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:55:07 +0000 http://blog.stevemould.com/?p=62#comment-6 I need some of those magnetic balls! Platonic solids are ace; easily one of the highlights of my degree. Have you read the excellent (although more than a bit geeky) book 'Finding Moonshine' by Marcus du Sautoy? I need some of those magnetic balls! Platonic solids are ace; easily one of the highlights of my degree. Have you read the excellent (although more than a bit geeky) book ‘Finding Moonshine’ by Marcus du Sautoy?

]]> http://blog.stevemould.com/magnetic-balls-reloaded/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Laura Donelly Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:55:00 +0000 http://blog.stevemould.com/?p=62#comment-795 I need some of those magnetic balls! Platonic solids are ace; easily one of the highlights of my degree. Have you read the excellent (although more than a bit geeky) book 'Finding Moonshine' by Marcus du Sautoy? I need some of those magnetic balls! Platonic solids are ace; easily one of the highlights of my degree. Have you read the excellent (although more than a bit geeky) book ‘Finding Moonshine’ by Marcus du Sautoy?

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