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Chiral Polyhedra
Chiral polyhedra are polyhedra that can be constructed in two forms that are mirror images of one another. This Demonstration allows the four chiral Archimedean solids to be explored in each handedness or combined into an attractive compound solid.
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Eric W. Weisstein
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