Nature's building blocks brought to life

[fritzd]

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Nature's building blocks brought to life

These colourful shapes are part of a project launched last week to create a periodic table of shapes to do for geometry what Dmitri Mendeleev did for chemistry in the 19th century. The three-year project could result in a useful resource for both mathematicians and theoretical physicists to aid calculations in a variety of fields from number theory to atomic physics. But those hoping to buy the wall chart may need to invest in a bigger house as there are likely to be thousands of these basic building blocks from which all other shapes can be formed.



More here.
Nature's building blocks brought to life - physicsworld.com

[jmcs28]

this would be a great help for everyone!

[fritzd]

Yeah, I think this will be helpful to everyone from biologists, to architects. I was just wondering what they would consider as the most basic shape. Probably a sphere or even more basic a circle? hehe

[macgyver*]

labyrinth indeed...............