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Towing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics / Robert B. Banks.
Record details
- ISBN: 0691059489 (cl : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780691059488 (cl : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xi, 328 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-326) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Units and dimensions and mach numbers -- Alligator eggs and federal debt -- Controlling growth and perceiving spread -- Little things falling from the sky -- Big things falling from the sky -- Towing and melting enormous icebergs : part I -- Towing and melting enormous icebergs : part II -- A better way to score the Olympics -- How to calculate the economic energy of a nation -- How to start football games, and other probably good ideas -- Gigantic numbers and extreme exponents -- Ups and downs of professional football -- A tower, a bridge, and a beautiful arch -- Jumping ropes and wind turbines -- The crisis of the deficit : Gompertz to the rescue -- How to reduce the population with differential equations -- Shot puts, basketballs, and water fountains -- Balls and strikes and home runs -- Hooks and slices and holes in one -- Happy landings in the snow -- Water waves and falling dominoes -- Something shocking about highway traffic -- How tall will I grow? -- How fast can runners run?
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | QA 93 .C36 | 255259 | Stacks | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aTowing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics / ‡cRobert B. Banks. |
| 260 | . | ‡aPrinceton, N.J. : ‡bPrinceton University Press, ‡cc1998. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axi, 328 p. : ‡bill., map ; ‡c24 cm. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-326) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aUnits and dimensions and mach numbers -- Alligator eggs and federal debt -- Controlling growth and perceiving spread -- Little things falling from the sky -- Big things falling from the sky -- Towing and melting enormous icebergs : part I -- Towing and melting enormous icebergs : part II -- A better way to score the Olympics -- How to calculate the economic energy of a nation -- How to start football games, and other probably good ideas -- Gigantic numbers and extreme exponents -- Ups and downs of professional football -- A tower, a bridge, and a beautiful arch -- Jumping ropes and wind turbines -- The crisis of the deficit : Gompertz to the rescue -- How to reduce the population with differential equations -- Shot puts, basketballs, and water fountains -- Balls and strikes and home runs -- Hooks and slices and holes in one -- Happy landings in the snow -- Water waves and falling dominoes -- Something shocking about highway traffic -- How tall will I grow? -- How fast can runners run? |
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