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March 3, 2000
Scientists Disprove Age-Old Notion of Particle Packing
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Computer simulation of sheres packed randomly into a cube. Princeton Professor of Chemistry Salvatore Torquato has developed a new approach to analyzing the age-old problem of random close packing. 407x410 pixels |
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Salvatore Torquato |
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