Monument to mathematics? It is not clear whether we should call this alabaster sculpture, illustrating the orders of architecture and the regular polyhedra, a monument or a model. Was it a celebration of mathematics or did it have a role in teaching?

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Monument to mathematics? It is not clear whether we should call this alabaster sculpture, illustrating the orders of architecture and the regular polyhedra, a monument or a model. Was it a celebration of mathematics or did it have a role in teaching?

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Keywords: archival, archive, arcitecture, enlightenment, geometry, historical, history, mathematics, mathematics?, model, monument, science, shapes