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Kepler's conjecture : how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world / George G. Szpiro. by Szpiro, George, 1950- J. Wiley, c2003. Subjects Mathematics -- Popular works. Description:  viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Contents:  Cannonballs and melons -- The puzzle of the dozen spheres -- Fire hydrants and soccer players -- Thue's two attempts and Fejes-Tóth's achievement -- Twelve's company, thirteen's a crowd -- Nets and knots -- Twisted boxes -- No dancing at this congress -- The race for the upper bound -- Right angles for round spaces -- Wobbly balls and hybrid stars -- Simplex, Cplex, and symbolic mathematics -- But is it really a proof? -- Beehives again -- This is not an epilogue. ISBN:  0471086010 (cloth : acid-free paper)   Copy/Holding information Collection Call No. Volume Copy Status   Main Stacks QA93 .S97 2003 0 c. 1 Checked In Request Copy Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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