Banks, Robert
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자료유형 | E-BOOK |
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서명/저자사항 | Towing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics [electronic resource]/ Robert B. Banks. |
개인저자 | Banks, Robert,1922-, |
판사항 | Paperback reissue. |
발행사항 | Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2013. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (xi, 328 p.): illustrations, maps. |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Banks, Robert, 1922- Towing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics. Paperback reissue. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013 0691158185 |
ISBN | 9781400846740 (electronic bk.) 1400846749 (electronic bk.) |
일반주기 |
Originally published in hardcover. 1998.
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서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
내용주기 | 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? |
일반주제명 | Mathematics --Popular works. MATHEMATICS / Essays MATHEMATICS / Pre-Calculus MATHEMATICS / Reference MATHEMATICS / Applied Mathematics. |
언어 | 영어 |
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