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DP needs to know if there's a word for a sphere made up of hexagons.

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DisplacementActivity · 03/06/2008 23:25

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jamila169 · 04/06/2008 00:03

no a dodecahedron is pentagons - a sphere made of hexagons is called impossible!

littlelapin · 04/06/2008 00:06

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DisplacementActivity · 04/06/2008 00:07

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littlelapin · 04/06/2008 00:08

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 04/06/2008 00:08

I love this kind of sciency-thing.

Do I understand it ? Nah. Does it matter that I dont? Double nah. Is it interesting ? Yep.

DisplacementActivity · 04/06/2008 00:29

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DisplacementActivity · 04/06/2008 00:37

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ScienceTeacher · 04/06/2008 06:14

Geodesic would also be an apt despcription of an array of geometric shapes projected onto a sphere.

Buckminster fullerine is C60 - an isomer of carbon.

RubyRioja · 04/06/2008 07:11

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merryberry · 04/06/2008 07:48

rofl at dutch/tired

SaintGeorge · 04/06/2008 09:23

"lol katymac, pentagrams are five pointed stars, most often used in devil worship "

Errr no, lackaDAISYcal.

No, No, No.

asicsgirl · 04/06/2008 10:55

geodesic yes! that's like the domes at the eden project isn't it. was trying to think of the word. ta sciencet for putting me out of my misery

lackaDAISYcal · 04/06/2008 14:50

I do beg your pudding St George.....pentagram used in early christian and pagan worship......upside down pentagram (referred to as the Sigil of Baphomet) used in devil worship.

v late and v tired last night

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