The chore of packing just got faster and easier
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 08, 2023
In 1611, Johannes Kepler - known for his laws of planetary motion - offered a solution to the question concerning the densest possible way to arrange equal-sized spheres. The famed astronomer took on this problem when asked how to stack cannonballs so as to take up the least amount of space. Kepler concluded that the best configuration is a so-called face-centered cubic lattice - an approach com