Nets are two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional shapes. German painter Albrecht Dürer (1471–1536) probably had fishing nets in mind when he first used the term net to name these two-dimensional figures that may be...

In geometry the net of a polyhedron is an arrangement of edge-joined polygons in the plane which can be folded (along edges) to become the faces of the polyhedron. Polyhedral nets are a useful aid to the study of polyhedra and solid geometry in general,...

TAB TABERNER, the chief executive of Polyhedron, is set to net around pounds 1m from the sale of his stake in the machine tool maker after the company agreed a pounds 33m bid from American Tool Companies of the US. Mr Taberner and...

What kind of spatial understanding do first and second graders have? What do they see when they look at three-dimensional objects? What words do they use to describe what they see? How might their visualization skills be sharpened by building and describing three-dimensional...

Defenders of the Atlantic Yards community benefits agreement have long whispered that it is vastly superior to the much ballyhooed minority hiring plan hatched last February by the New York Jets for the football team’s ill-fated West Side stadium. The Real Estate just got a...

Richard Jefferson had 26 points, Vince Carter added 24 and Jason Kidd just missed his 95th triple-double, leading the New Jersey Nets to a 109-106 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.Kidd finished with 20 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds as New Jersey...