The firmament of the Geometry has many bright stars: the "stella octangula", the "small stellated dodecahedron", the "great icosahedron", and countless other polyhedra. All of them are beautiful shapes with a rich degree of symmetry that have always fascinated both mathematicians and artists. ndeed on this subject mathematical research and artistical research are inseparably blended. Often the star polyhedra have a complex underlying structure that is not immediately visible, but that ultimately affects their 3 aesthetic value. Understanding that structure is an interesting challenge. It is necessary to build actual models, but it also helps to enjoy more their elegance.

Gian Marco Todesco has a degree in physics and he is a software developer. He has led the development of Toonz, the 2D animation software used among others by Hayao Miyazaki to create “Spirited Away” and “The Wind Rises”, and recently released as free and open source. Believing that computer animation is a powerful medium to effectively present complex geometric ideas, he contributed with interactive exhibits to many math shows as “Made in Math”, currently hosted at MUSE, the Trento Science Museum. He has been a lecturer in computer graphics at the Architecture Department of the “Roma Tre” University.

The mathematician Donald Coxeter is perhaps the greatest geometer of the twentieth century and he is the ultimate authority about polyhedra. During his long life Coxeter inspired many non-mathematicians such as the artist M.C.Escher and the architect and inventor R. B. Fuller. The book is a pleasant introduction to his fascinating world. Roberts, Siobhan. "King of infinite space: Donald Coxeter, the man who saved geometry". Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009.LT

Book suggestion:

Roberts, Siobhan. "King of infinite space: Donald Coxeter, the man who saved geometry". Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009.