[PDF.98jv] Kepler's Conjecture: How Some of the Greatest Minds in History Helped Solve One of the Oldest Math Problems in the World

Kepler's Conjecture: How Some of the Greatest Minds in History Helped Solve One of the Oldest Math Problems in the World

[PDF.fi84] Kepler's Conjecture: How Some of the Greatest Minds in History Helped Solve One of the Oldest Math Problems in the World

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 | #2379466 in Books |  2003-02-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.37 x1.04 x6.16l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 304 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| It all started with "stacking cannonballs"|By BookAce|I would have flunked geometry had not my brainy sister been in the same class with me. But math never really phases me, so it was not with trepidation, but with wonder and curiosity that I read this book.

Now, maybe it took me longer to understand the nuances and maybe I had to skip a few formulas here and there..| |&an invigorating affirmation of math's' endless allure, and a neat lesson in why it pays to take nothing for granted& -- New Scientist, 13 September 2003

&gives an entertaining and readable account of the history of the problem and the attemp

The fascinating story of a problem that perplexed mathematicians for nearly 400 years
In 1611, Johannes Kepler proposed that the best way to pack spheres as densely as possible was to pile them up in the same way that grocers stack oranges or tomatoes. This proposition, known as Kepler's Conjecture, seemed obvious to everyone except mathematicians, who seldom take anyone's word for anything. In the tradition of Fermat's Enigma, George Szpiro shows how the problem e...

You easily download any file type for your device.Kepler's Conjecture: How Some of the Greatest Minds in History Helped Solve One of the Oldest Math Problems in the World   |  George G. Szpiro. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.

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