Kepler's conjecture : how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math...
Kepler's conjecture : how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math...
Kepler's conjecture : how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world / by George Szpiro.
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New York : J. Wiley, c2003.
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N510/228
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English
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Physical content
viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Cannonballs and Melons -- 2. The Puzzle of the Dozen Spheres -- 3. Fire Hydrants and Soccer Players -- 4. Thue's Two Attempts and Fejes-Toth's Achievement -- 5. Twelve's Company, Thirteen's a Crowd -- 6. Nets and Knots -- 7. Twisted Boxes -- 8. No Dancing at This Congress -- 9. The Race for the U...
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New York : J. Wiley, c2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2003.
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"The first and only popular account of one of the greatest math problems of all time, Kepler's Conjecture examines the attempts of many mathematical geniuses to prove this problem once and for all - from Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe to math greats Sir Isaac Newton and Carl Friedrich Gauss, from modern titans David Hilbert and Buckminster Fuller to...
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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 / by George Szpiro.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2003.
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N510/228
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74VvexyK3dod
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0471086010
9780471086017 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0471086010 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780471086017 (alk. paper)
0471086010 (alk. paper)
9780471086017
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510
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991017226149702626
