Hi all,
For those who teach xtallography - we found some plastic turtles that can be
snapped together in an amazing variety of space groups. Worked well in a
workshop for our students, so I thought I'd share the shopping tip. They're
called Reptangles, and we got them from Amazon.
reminds me of these symmetric 2D P3 lizards:
http://www.worldofescher.com/store/Z51.html
I bought the RGB-coloured set/puzzle after visiting an Escher
exhibition and sometimes use them in crystallography/symmetry teaching.
Nice to make the students assemble them and then decide on the
Does anyone know where one can acquire some Penrose tiles? I think
they'd be great toys as well, and drive you a little bonkers. Maybe a
kitchen/bathroom floor made from them?
Jacob
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:03 PM, VAN RAAIJ , MARK JOHAN
mjvanra...@cnb.csic.es wrote:
reminds me of these
(oops, previous mail got sent before I wanted)
the turtles would be really nice to extend things into 3D.
great find,
Mark
Quoting Phoebe Rice:
Hi all,
For those who teach xtallography - we found some plastic turtles
that can be snapped together in an amazing variety of space groups.
Thank you for the info. It looks great for teaching or for just having fun.
Carlos R. Escalante Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
VCU School of Medicine
1220 East Broad Street
MMRB 2-040
Richmond, VA 23219
cescala...@vcu.edu
(804)628-1202
On 12/13/11 5:53 PM,
If you go to froogle.google.com you will find that you can
buy these at a noticeably lower price than at amazon.com,
at least for people in the USA - just search for Reptangles.
Frances
=
Bernstein +
we have a whole street made of them... welcome to Helsinki...
t.
On Dec 14, 2011, at 1:10 AM, Jacob Keller wrote:
Does anyone know where one can acquire some Penrose tiles? I think
they'd be great toys as well, and drive you a little bonkers. Maybe a
kitchen/bathroom floor made from them?
