Et Tu, crystallographer? Murder charges against close-packing pioneers evaluated

Bart Kahr

doi:10.1021/cg101301y

Et Tu, crystallographer? Murder charges against close-packing pioneers evaluated

Bart Kahr

Chemistry

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Johannes Kepler and Thomas Harriot are recognized as the authors of the close-packing conjecture, the intuitive notion that there is no denser ensemble of congruent spheres than face-centered cubic packing. They are bound not only by the close-packing conjecture, arguably the first principle of the science of crystal structure determination, but also by notorious accusations of murder. In 1971, the eminent historian Samuel Eliot Morison alleged that Harriot beheaded Wingina, an Algonquian chieftain, and in a popular biography in 2004, Kepler was accused of poisoning his mentor, the astronomer Tycho Brahe. Herein, the charges are evaluated on behalf of the progenitors of the science of structural crystallography.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4-11
Number of pages	8
Journal	Crystal Growth and Design
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/cg101301y
State	Published - Jan 5 2011

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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