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katakowsj  ·  3985 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Circles surrounding circles

Cool stuff. Reminds me of a book I've read. "Nature's Numbers - The Unreal Reality of Mathematics" by Ian Stewart. In the book, Stewart relates structures in nature that are a direct result of this packing of circles (and spheres).

I just looked it up, and found a PDF file of the book. I found it to be an easy, but fascinating read. Here's the link to the PDF.

http://cismasemanuel.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/ian-stewart...