Hi all, For those who teach xtallography - we found some plastic turtles that can be snapped together in an amazing variety of space groups. Worked well in a workshop for our students, so I thought I'd share the shopping tip. They're called Reptangles, and we got them from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Brain-Toys-FA042-1-Reptangles/dp/B00392NSQ4 Have fun! Phoebe ===================================== Phoebe A. Rice Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology The University of Chicago phone 773 834 1723 http://bmb.bsd.uchicago.edu/Faculty_and_Research/01_Faculty/01_Faculty_Alphabetically.php?faculty_id=123 http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2008/9780854042722.asp
