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The only shape that hides the most volume behind the least skin.

means A perfectly round three-dimensional object in which every point on the surface sits at an equal distance from the center; by extension, a domain or realm of activity or influence.

from From Greek 'sphaira,' a ball or globe — the round thing you tossed in a game. It rolled into Latin as 'sphaera,' then into Old French and on into English. The astronomers gave it grandeur: ancient and medieval thinkers imagined the heavens as nested crystalline 'spheres' carrying the stars, and the music those spheres supposedly made gave us 'the harmony of the spheres.' From those celestial shells we borrowed the figurative sense — your 'sphere' of work or influence is the orbit you move within.

min surface
Encloses max volume per area of any shape
raindrop myth
Small drops are spheres, not teardrops
bubble physics
Surface tension forces soap into perfect spheres
no edges
Looks identical from every possible direction
earth lie
Our planet bulges, making it an oblate spheroid
for instance

earth — planet with 7.9 billion people, 40,075 km circumference

moon — celestial body orbiting earth, 3,474 km diameter

soccer ball — official fifa ball, 68-70 cm circumference used in world cup

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