Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics /

Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics / / Robert B. Banks.

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Have you ever daydreamed about digging a hole to the other side of the world? Robert Banks not only entertains such ideas but, better yet, he supplies the mathematical know-how to turn fantasies into problem-solving adventures. In this sequel to the popular Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes (Princet...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Banks, Robert B.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©1999
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
Series:Princeton Puzzlers
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Broad Stripes And Bright Stars
  • 2. More Stars, Honey Corn Bs, And Snowflakes
  • 3. Slicing Things Like Pizzas And Watemelons
  • 4. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head And Other Goodies
  • 5. Raindrops And Other Goodies Revisited
  • 6. Wtich Major Rivers Flow Uphill?
  • 7. A Brief Look At W, E, And Some Other Famous Numbers
  • 8. Another Look At Some Famous Numbers
  • 9. Great Number Sequences: Prime, Fibonacci, And Hailstone
  • 10. A Fast Way To Escape
  • 11. How To Get Anywhere In About Forty- Two Minutes
  • 12. How Fast Should You Run In The Rain?
  • 13. Great Turtle Races: Pursuit Curves
  • 14. More Great Turtle Races: Logarithmic Spirals
  • 15. How Many People Have Ever Lived?
  • 16. The Great Explosion Of 2023
  • 17. How To Make Fairly Nice Valentines
  • 18. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
  • 19. Making Mathematical Mountains
  • 20. How To Make Mountains Out Of Molehills
  • 21. Moving Continents From Here To There
  • 22. Cartography: How To Flatten Spheres
  • 23. Growth And Spreading And Mathematical Analogies
  • 24. How Long Is The Seam On A Baseball?
  • 25. Baseball Seams, Pipe Connections, And World Travels
  • 26. Lengths, Areas, And Volumes Of All Kinds Of Shapes
  • References
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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