Abstract

Kepler's Conjecture How Some of the Greatest Minds in History Helped Solve One of the Oldest Math Problems in the World. By George G. Szpiro . Wiley, New York, 2003. 304 pp. $24.95, C$38.95, £18.50. ISBN 0-471-08601-0. Writing for a popular audience, Szpiro provides an account of the history of efforts--from Kepler to Tom Hales--to prove that the densest packing of spheres is given by the face-centered cubic arrangement.

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