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This geometric figure — first identified by dentist William Bonwill in 1864 — is formed by connecting the two points where ...
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man is a mysterious treasure of Renaissance art. A dentist believes he may have uncovered one ...
A London-based dentist may have cracked a centuries-old mathematics puzzle hidden in one of the most famous anatomical drawings in the world—Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. This discovery suggests ...
A London dentist has solved a mathematical mystery that has puzzled scholars for centuries by identifying a hidden geometric ...
This cut and glued plastic model shows a spherical triangle formed from three quadrantal (but not perpendicular) sectors of discs. It is unmarked and undated. Location Currently not on view Credit ...
For a discussion of polar triangles, see 304723.159. Compare 304723.491, 304723.516, 304723.521, and 1979.0102.212. Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift of Louise D. Campbell ID Number 1979 ...
While exploring them, Professor Kaplan became intrigued by what he called “near misses” — geometric oddballs tantalizingly close to being a mathematically perfect solid. He had documented these ...