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Slicing Pizzas, Racing Turtles, and Further Adventures in Applied Mathematics /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2012]
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| Edición: | Core Textbook |
| Colección: | Princeton Puzzlers
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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