Amateur Mathematician Finds Smallest Universal Cover

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Through exacting geometric calculations, Philip Gibbs has found the smallest known cover for any possible shape. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org. Music is "Valerie Plain" by Rondo Brothers.

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