"Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß, known as the ""queen of the sciences,"" made significant contributions to mathematics and statistics, including his famous 17-sided shape." ...

The highly symmetrical 17-sided shape starred in a proof that Gauss considered one of his greatest contributions to math. At just 18 years old, ...

A group of computer scientists discovered the first true "einstein" shape. The shape comes with 13 sides and can cover a plane without ever repeating. The find has applications in material science.