I present to you: a story that begins with an impromptu geometry quiz at a Budapest pizza place and ends with the discovery of a new class of shapes. Soft cells are weird, beautiful, and fill 3D space without corners. My latest for Sci Am. www.scientificamerican.com/article/math... - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

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I present to you: a story that begins with an impromptu geometry quiz at a Budapest pizza place and ends with the discovery of a new class of shapes. Soft cells are weird, beautiful, and fill 3D space without corners.

My latest for Sci Am.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mathematicians-discover-a-new-kind-of-shape-thats-all-over-nature/

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