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020 a| 0691158185 (pbk.);

020 a| 9780691158181 (pbk.);

035 a| (Sirsi) 99952683051;

035 a| 99952683051;

035 a| (OCoLC)820123541;

050 4 a| QA93b| .B36 2013;

082 04 a| 5102| 23;

100 1 a| Banks, Robert,d| 1922-2002=| ^A1116494;

245 10 a| Towing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics /c| Robert B. Banks.;

250 a| Paperback reissue.;

260 a| Princeton, N.J. :b| Princeton University Press,c| 2013.;

300 a| xi, 328 pages :b| illustrations, map ;c| 22 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Princeton puzzlers series;

500 a| Originally published in hardcover. 1998.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| 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?;

650 0 a| Mathematicsv| Popular works.=| ^A414083;

830 0 a| Princeton puzzlers.=| ^A1154881;

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Towing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics / Robert B. Banks.

Author/creator	Banks, Robert
Format	Book
Edition	Paperback reissue.
Publication Info	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Description	xi, 328 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Subjects	Mathematics--Popular works.

Series	Princeton puzzlers series Princeton puzzlers. ^A1154881
Contents	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?
General note	Originally published in hardcover. 1998.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	0691158185 (pbk.)
ISBN	9780691158181 (pbk.)

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