Pentagons Are Terrible at One Thing

CGP Grey · 21.5M views · 2020-11-03 · 9:27

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Overview

A CGP Grey video about why pentagons are bad at tiling and why hexagons are so special, in his usual playful style. It touches on honeycombs and tiling in nature.

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Recommended in hexagon-grid threads as a fun but informative overview, and sometimes dropped as a light joke.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2020–2022

Topics

Recreational & visual math Pure mathematics

What people said

TameAntelope · 2021-01 · Recommendation
Hexagons are, after all, the bestagons. On the very very low chance you haven't seen this: [VIDEO] And if you don't know who CGP Grey is and are wondering how this comment fits into HN, I can only offer that he's cashing in on his reputation a bit with the fun tone, but IMO the video is also interesting informationally.
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elihu · 2020-12 · Recommendation
CGP Grey did a video about hexagons recently. I mean, there's only so much you can say about hexagons really, but he manages to cover a lot of ground. [VIDEO]
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DonHopkins · 2022-12 · Joke / meme
But I thought Hexagons were the Bestagons! ;) [VIDEO] Hexagons, Pentagons, and Geodesic Domes [LINK] Introduction to Hexagonal Geodesic Domes [LINK]
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