The pursuit of perfect packing. (©2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tomaso Aste and Denis Weaire.
• Other Names: Aste, Tomaso; Weaire, D. L
• Contents: How many sweets in the jar? Loose change and tight packing. Hard problems with hard spheres. Proof positive? Peas and pips. Enthusiastic admiration: the honeycomb. Toils and troubles with bubbles. The architecture of the world of atoms. Apollonius and concrete. The Giant's Causeway. Soccer balls, golfballs and buckyballs. Packings and kisses in high dimensions. Odds and ends. Conclusion. Index.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, PA : Institute of Physics Pub
• Publication Date: 2000
• Copyright Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 136 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 511/.6; Combinatorial packing and covering; MATHEMATICS -- Combinatorics; Combinatorial packing and covering; Wiskunde; Overdekkingen (wiskunde); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420033311; 9780750306485; 0750306483; 9780750306478; 0750306475
• Related ISBNs: 142003331X; 0750306483; 0750306475
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.