Packing in the Spheres

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5660, 2004, Pages 968-969

  Weitz, David A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICS;

CALCULATION; FORCE; PACKAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATION; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 1142298484     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1094581     Document Type: Review

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