Combining interesting explanations with 3-dimensional models to cut out and glue together, this book is an exploration of the symmetries of Escher's plane tilings. Some designs fold to make polyhedra and there is the delight in how the motifs fit together at the vertices and along the edges. Others make into kaleidocycles, models of linked tetrahedra which will turn thru their centers. As they are rotated Escher's interlocking patterns form and reform in endless procession. It is said that 'everyone loves surprizes' and ...
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Combining interesting explanations with 3-dimensional models to cut out and glue together, this book is an exploration of the symmetries of Escher's plane tilings. Some designs fold to make polyhedra and there is the delight in how the motifs fit together at the vertices and along the edges. Others make into kaleidocycles, models of linked tetrahedra which will turn thru their centers. As they are rotated Escher's interlocking patterns form and reform in endless procession. It is said that 'everyone loves surprizes' and this book is full of them
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Add this copy of M.C. Escher Kaleidocycles to cart. $4.51, good condition, Sold by Poquette's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dewitt, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Ballantine Books.
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Fine. Book Not ex-lib. Softcover in staplebound illustrated white wraps, 4to Revised edition, 1987. 57pp. 64 figures throughout. Fine. Very mild wear/curl to tip of upper corner front wrap. Else as new: clean, tight, square and unmarked with very bright wraps and pages.
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Visiting a small publishing company in Suffolk, UK, in the late 70s, I was intrigue by one of their current books - a collection of Kaleidocycles based on the work of Dutch artist M.C.Escher. From a sheet of thin card, a pair of scissors and a little glue. I made solid models which fascinated my young daughters for many years. All these years later I was amazed to find copies of this book on Alibris, this time for my grandchildren.
The more you try to describe Kaleidocycles, the less appealing they sound...description becomes a mass of confusing mathematical mumbo-jumbo rather than an intriguing toy made from paper, beautifully illustrated with clever, complex designs by the quirky artist, Escher.
Buy this book if you have yound children. Buy this book if you're a child at heart. You won't be disappointed.