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The illustration accompanying Istvan Hargittai's editorial entitled "A Fuller Bridge," which was published in Leonardo 29, No.1 (1996), was incorrect. Hargittai's editorial is a clear and enjoyable discussion of the C60 buckminsterfullerene molecule. This molecule has the shape of a truncated icosahedron, which is described in the text as resembling a geodesic dome or a soccer ball. The correct illustration, which should have accompanied Hargittai's discussion, is shown below. We apologize to the author and our readers for the error and regret any confusion it may have caused. Fig. 1. Leonardo da Vinci's truncated icosahedron, drawn for Luca Pacioli's De Divina Propurtione. 336 LEONARDO, Vol. 29, No.4, p. 336, 1996 © 19961SAST ...

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