Tetrahedron (4 faces),
Cube (6),
Octahedron (8),
Dodecahedron (12) and
Icosahedron (20).
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Plato discover them
There are 5 platonic solids which are the only 5 regular polyhedra (possible).Plato attributed 4 of them to the 4 elements:Fire ≡ TetrahedronEarth ≡ CubeAir ≡ OctahedronWater ≡ IcosahedronAristotle added the fifth element "Ether" saying the heavens were made of it; he did not associate the fifth platonic solid, the Dodecahedron, to it.
No. All the faces of a Platonic solid are identical regular polygons.
A cube is the only platonic solid which is a prism.
The Name Platonic solid Comes from Plato the second main reseacher of the five solids. Pythagoras was the one discovered the platonic solids