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3D Printed Lidinoid Cube
Material ID: 1344
Description
This cube of mind-boggling geometry was donated by our member supervisor and Medical Physics PhD student Thore Bucking. He 3D printed and hand-finished this model of a Lidinoid, a shape with a ‘minimal surface’ that was discovered by scientist Sven Lidin. Minimal surfaces are often explained using the example of a wire frame dipped in soapy water: of all the possible shapes that could span the wire frame, the soap film takes the one with the smallest surface area.
Library Details
Site
Bloomsbury
Status
In Library
Location
Wooden Shelves
Form
Cube
Handling guidance
Wash hands after handling.
Date entered collection
Friday 13th December, 2019