Table of Contents

Pictures of the Platonic Solids 1. Background What is Modular Origami? What is the connection between modular origami and polyhedra? What is a polyhedron? What are the Platonic Solids? Short history of the Platonic Solids and Connections with math, science and art References, Links and Origami Societies 2. Making the Models Definitions of Symbols Waterbomb or Triangle Base Triangles Hexagons 3. Cubes The Jackson Cube The Sonobe Cube The Tile Cube Lewis Simon-Bennett Arnstein Cube with Windows 4. Tetrahedra Simple chain of four equilateral triangles from a square Equilateral triangle module from a hexagon Equilateral triangle edge module 5. Octahedra Bob Neale's octahedron 6-piece octahedron skeleton Lewis Simon's original 2-piece Gyroscope module from a square Equilateral triangle module from a hexagon Equilateral triangle edge module 6. Dodecahedra Bob Neale-Lewis Simon 108 degree module Lewis Simon's 2-piece Gyroscope module from a triangle Simon Gurkewitz' Dimpled Dodecahedron 7. Icosahedra Equilateral triangle module from a hexagon Equilateral triangle edge module