February 16, 2004

M&M&M

Just three degrees of separation: not only is this CNN.com article on how a barrel of M&M candies led to breakthroughs in understanding how non-spheretical shapes fit together interesting reading, but Salvatore Torquato, one of the Princeton physicists named (and pictured), is the brother of my very good friend John (who you can find on my blogroll)!

Posted by mgk at February 16, 2004 01:53 PM
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Hello Matt:

Thanks for the plug. We are all having a good time with this M&M story. NYT also ran an article about the great candy caper.

Talk to you soon,

John

Posted by: John Torquato at February 16, 2004 10:47 PM | Link to Comment
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