LEADER 04772nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910959502203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781299396395 010 $a1299396399 010 $a9781400846740 010 $a1400846749 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400846740 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017576 035 $a(EBL)1084830 035 $a(OCoLC)845248040 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000909023 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11567264 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000909023 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10913306 035 $a(PQKB)10201770 035 $a(DE-B1597)453891 035 $a(OCoLC)979970305 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400846740 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1084830 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678785 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL470889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1084830 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31773379 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31773379 035 $a(Perlego)4630640 035 $a(OCoLC)1477222343 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017576 100 $a20130512e20131998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTowing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics /$fRobert B. Banks 205 $aPaperback reissue. 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 225 0 $aPrinceton Puzzlers 300 $aOriginally published in hardcover. 1998. 311 08$a9780691158181 311 08$a0691158185 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Units and Dimensions and Mach Numbers -- $t2. Alligator Eggs and the Federal Debt -- $t3. Controlling Growth and Perceiving Spread -- $t4. Little Things Falling from the Sky -- $t5. Big Things Falling from the Sky -- $t6. Towing and Melting Enormous Icebergs: Part I -- $t7. Towing and Melting Enormous Icebergs: Part II -- $t8. A Better Way to Score the Olympics -- $t9. How to Calculate the Economic Energy of a Nation -- $t10. How to Start Football Games, and Other Probably Good Ideas -- $t11. Gigantic Numbers and Extreme Exponents -- $t12. Ups and Downs of Professional Football -- $t13. A Tower, a Bridge, and a Beautiful Arch -- $t14. Jumping Ropes and Wind Turbines -- $t15. The Crisis of the Deficit: Gompertz to the Rescue -- $t16. How to Reduce the Population with Differential Equations -- $t17. Shot Puts, Basketballs, and Water Fountains -- $t18. Balls and Strikes and Home Runs -- $t19. Hooks and Slices and Holes in One -- $t20. Happy Landings in the Snow -- $t21. Water Waves and Falling Dominoes -- $t22. Something Shocking about Highway Traffic -- $t23. How Tall Will I Grow? -- $t24. How Fast Can Runners Run? -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aAlthough we seldom think of it, our lives are played out in a world of numbers. Such common activities as throwing baseballs, skipping rope, growing flowers, playing football, measuring savings accounts, and many others are inherently mathematical. So are more speculative problems that are simply fun to ponder in themselves--such as the best way to score Olympic events. Here Robert Banks presents a wide range of musings, both practical and entertaining, that have intrigued him and others: How tall can one grow? Why do we get stuck in traffic? Which football player would have a better chance of breaking away--a small, speedy wide receiver or a huge, slow linebacker? Can California water shortages be alleviated by towing icebergs from Antarctica? What is the fastest the 100-meter dash will ever be run? The book's twenty-four concise chapters, each centered on a real-world phenomenon, are presented in an informal and engaging manner. Banks shows how math and simple reasoning together may produce elegant models that explain everything from the federal debt to the proper technique for ski-jumping. This book, which requires of its readers only a basic understanding of high school or college math, is for anyone fascinated by the workings of mathematics in our everyday lives, as well as its applications to what may be imagined. All will be rewarded with a myriad of interesting problems and the know-how to solve them.Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions. 410 0$aPrinceton Puzzlers 606 $aMathematics 606 $aScience 615 0$aMathematics. 615 0$aScience. 676 $a510 700 $aBanks$b Robert$f1922-$0148421 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959502203321 996 $aTowing icebergs, falling dominoes$9511210 997 $aUNINA