Kepler's conjecture :
Szpiro, George, 1950-
Kepler's conjecture : how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world / George Szpiro. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2003. - viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - 510 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.
Cannonballs and tomatoes -- The puzzle of the dozen spheres -- Fire hydrants and soccer players -- Thue's two attempts and Fejes-Toth'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.
0471086010 (alk. paper)
Mathematics--Popular works.
510
Kepler's conjecture : how some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world / George Szpiro. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2003. - viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - 510 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.
Cannonballs and tomatoes -- The puzzle of the dozen spheres -- Fire hydrants and soccer players -- Thue's two attempts and Fejes-Toth'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.
0471086010 (alk. paper)
Mathematics--Popular works.
510