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008			060502s2003 ||||||||||||||||||||eng|d
020			_a0471086010 (alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
041	0		_aeng
042			_apcc
082	0	0	_a510 _221
100	1		_aSzpiro, George, _d1950-
245	1	0	_aKepler's conjecture : _bhow some of the greatest minds in history helped solve one of the oldest math problems in the world / _cGeorge Szpiro.
260			_aHoboken, N.J. : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, _cc2003.
300			_aviii, 296 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index.
505	0		_aCannonballs 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.
650		0	_aMathematics _vPopular works.
999			_c418345 _d418345