Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-286) and index. , Cannonballs and tomatoes -- The puzzle of the dozen spheres -- Fire hydrants and soccer players -- Thueʹs two attempts and Fejes-Tothʹs achievement -- Twelveʹs company, thirteenʹs a crowd -- Nets and knots -- Twisted boxes -- No dancing at this congress -- The race for the upper bound -- Right angles for round spaces -- Wobbly balls and hybrid stars -- Simplex, Cplex, and symbolic mathematics -- But is it really a proof? -- Beehives again ... -- This is not an epilogue.