How bees, beer cans and big data all solve the same problem: not enough space. By Steven Strogatz Photo illustrations by Jens Mortensen Each installment of “Math, Revealed” starts with an object, ...
Every grocer knows the best way to stack oranges into a bag in order to maximize the available space. But the mathematical explanation for this optimal packing of spheres into a confined space is ...
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