Word of the day: cuboctahedron

http://phys.org/news/2015-07-self-assembly-molecular-archimedean-polyhedra.html

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2015-07-self-assembly-molecular-archimedean-polyhedra.html

I see that and raise with rhombicuboctahedron. 😀

Originally posted by C Hess
I see that and raise with rhombicuboctahedron. 😀

And I double with antirhombicuboctahedron. Your bet.

Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2015-07-self-assembly-molecular-archimedean-polyhedra.html

I remember making one of those when I was younger.

I actually have one of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_of_five_cubes
that I made out of cardboard when helping my son with a school project a few years ago.

Originally posted by sonhouse
And I double with antirhombicuboctahedron. Your bet.

Anti? You'll have to explain that one.

How about: Pseudorhombicuboctrahedron?

Hu? Hu? Can you read it?

Originally posted by C Hess
Anti? You'll have to explain that one.

How about: Pseudorhombicuboctrahedron?

Hu? Hu? Can you read it?

The anti one is just one made of anti-matter🙂

Originally posted by sonhouse
The anti one is just one made of anti-matter🙂

I see. I'm gonna do a dasa and declare myself the winner. I don't know what we just played, or what the prize will be, but I won. HA! 🙂

Originally posted by C Hess
I see. I'm gonna do a dasa and declare myself the winner. I don't know what we just played, or what the prize will be, but I won. HA! 🙂

The usual prize for "winning" a debate on the Internet is a tetrahedral tin foil hat.

Originally posted by Soothfast
The usual prize for "winning" a debate on the Internet is a tetrahedral tin foil hat.

Well that would be a lot better than just aluminum🙂

Originally posted by Soothfast
The usual prize for "winning" a debate on the Internet is a tetrahedral tin foil hat.

Tin foil hat! Tin foil hat! I gots me a tin foil hat! Woo-hoooo! 🙄

Originally posted by sonhouse
And I double with antirhombicuboctahedron. Your bet.

Anteantirhombicuboctahedron. I went back in time and doubled your double before you did.

"The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch." Plato, Republic, VII, 528.

Originally posted by Soothfast
"The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch." Plato, Republic, VII, 528.

At ludicrous speed🙂