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Who Are You…

And Why Are You Talking About Pentagons?

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Regular!

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How it started

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How its going

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Construction of a Pentagon

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Euclidean Tools

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Fibonacci Spiral

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Live!

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Dodecahedron

Truncated Icosahedron

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Early 18th Century Pentagonal Tiling in the Czech Republic

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Penrose P1 Tiling

Discovered by Roger Penrose and then popularised by

Martin Gardner in Scientific American, 1977

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Penrose P3 Tiling

Only two shapes

Present in crystal and alloy atomic structures

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Rep-Tile

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Follow Dr. Laura Taalman

@mathgrrl

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They have files for 3D printing these pentagons and primitive units

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  1. Pentagons are awesome!
  2. You can deepen your understanding by crafting, drawing & creating
  3. Don’t assume people hate Maths
  4. Remember that even if a puzzle or mathematical delight is not new to you it may be brand new and exciting to someone else
  5. So shout about and share the Maths that makes you smile!