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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
ISBN: 978-0-471-48062-4
Adobe E-Book
June 2003
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Preface. 

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.

Mathematical Appendices.

Bibliography.

Index.