The Geometry of Closed Packed Spheres
by Niculaie Trif
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<p><strong>Mission statement: <em>To change minds, to open eyes, to educate and inspire people designing and building better worlds.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Beauty makes beautiful things beautiful!</em></strong></p><p><strong>A sphere can be completely surrounded by exactly twelve other identical spheres. <em>Close-packing of spheres </em>helps us explore the shape of the physical space. A good design of a 3D structure shall obey the principles, freedom, and constraints imposed by the physical space around us.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Platonic Structures</em> are complex 3D structures assembled from simple components using the patterns imposed by the close-packing of spheres. We have <em>developed and patented ( in </em></strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/9245059"><strong><em>US</em></strong></a><strong><em> and </em></strong><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"