The Fifty-Nine Icosahedra

<p>Kate and David Crennell produced a third edition for Tarquin some years ago.</p><p>The plans and illustrations of all 59 of the stellations of the icosahedron were redrawn and there was a new introduction by Professor Coxeter. This edition has now been revised and updated and now includes colour plates for the first time.</p><p>Many readers will wish to use the plates and descriptions included in <em>The Fifty-nine Icosahedra</em> to draw and make paper models of some or all of the stellations of the icosahedron and in so doing gain a greater understanding of the stellation process. For a thorough understanding of the process of stellation and for splendid examples of beautiful polyhedra this book will be a valuable addition to any mathematics library.</p><p>As Richard Guy put it in the Preface of the Third Edition: We mathematicians know how beautiful our subject is but are often frustrated when we try to explain this to the man-in-the-street. But here at least is one place where we can simply say 'Look!'</p>