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Number-crunching : taming unruly computational problems from mathematical physics to science fiction /
How do technicians repair broken communications cables at the bottom of the ocean without actually seeing them? What's the likelihood of plucking a needle out of a haystack the size of the Earth? And is it possible to use computers to create a universal library of everything ever written or eve...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | How do technicians repair broken communications cables at the bottom of the ocean without actually seeing them? What's the likelihood of plucking a needle out of a haystack the size of the Earth? And is it possible to use computers to create a universal library of everything ever written or every photo ever taken? These are just some of the intriguing questions that best-selling popular math writer Paul Nahin tackles in Number-Crunching. Through brilliant math ideas and entertaining stories, Nahin demonstrates how odd and unusual math problems can be solved by bringing together basic physics i. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 376 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400839582 1400839580 9781283152525 1283152525 9786613152527 6613152528 |