Try the 3-D version. Aristotle got it wrong when he thought about tetrahedrons stacked in a cube. Keppler's conjecture on the efficiency of stacking spheres was closer to the correct answer. See the Science Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/science/05tetr.html?scp=2&sq=stacking%20solids%20efficiently%20math%20problem&st=cse
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Try the 3-D version. Aristotle got it wrong when he thought about tetrahedrons stacked in a cube. Keppler's conjecture on the efficiency of stacking spheres was closer to the correct answer. See the Science Times article at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/science/05tetr.html?scp=2&sq=stacking%20solids%20efficiently%20math%20problem&st=cse
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