Message #3214

From: Roice Nelson <roice3@gmail.com>
Subject: MagicTile in a coloring book
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:29:40 -0600

Hi folks,

My friend Edmund Harriss <http://maxwelldemon.com/edmund-harriss/> recently
published a mathematical coloring book with Alex Bellos
<http://www.alexbellos.com/>, and I contributed an image using MagicTile
code.

The image they used is the stereographic projection of the
(532)-triangle Coxeter
complex
<https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/symmetry-and-the-fourth-dimension-part-1/>,
but depending on how one colors it, you can produce the pattern of either
the dodecahedral or the icosahedral "superchop" puzzles :D

Thought I would share links to the coloring book here, in case any of you
might want one.

Europe: Snowflake Seashell Star
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782117881/> (already released)
US: Patterns of the Universe
<http://www.amazon.com/Patterns-Universe-Coloring-Adventure-Beauty/dp/1615193235/>
(coming
out Dec. 1)

I got my copy recently, and I think the book turned out really nice! It
would make a great holiday gift.

Cheers,
Roice