MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

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008 980209s1998 njuab b s001 0 eng
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015 $aGB99-70955
020 $a0691059489 (cl : alk. paper)
050 00 $aQA93$b.B36 1998
082 00 $a510$221
049 $aXIMM
100 1 $aBanks, Robert.
245 10 $aTowing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics /$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?
650 0 $aMathematics$xPopular works.
994 $aE0$bXIM