- Combinatorial packing and covering, Packaging, Pavage et remplissage (Géométrie combinatoire), MATHEMATICS
The Pursuit of Perfect Packing explores the densest possible arrangement of identical spheres and many others problems that have to do with packing things together. The examples from mathematics, physics, biology, and engineering include the arrangement of soap bubbles in foam, atoms in a crystal, the architecture of the bee's honeycomb, and the structure of the Giant's Causeway.
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Warm, spare, cool and plot-driven.
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Tomaso Aste, Denis Weaire
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 136
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780750306485
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“The half-empty suitcase or refrigerator is a rare phenomenon.”
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