I posted this above, but you may not expand the full thread and see it. So, I'll post it again. http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/why-nature-prefers-hexagon

I posted this above, but you may not expand the full thread and see it. So, I'll post it again. http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/why-nature-prefers-hexagons http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/why-nature-prefers-hexa... Sorry for repeating my post, but I figure you may enjoy the linked article. Additionally, two documentaries spring to mind. Forces of Nature and The Code: Numbers Shape and Prediction.