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Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Banks
| Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Banks |
| Autore | Banks Robert B |
| Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina |
510
519 |
| Collana | Princeton puzzlers |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Games in mathematics education Puzzles |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-691-10284-8
1-280-49441-7 9786613589644 1-4008-4303-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461722103321 |
Banks Robert B
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Banks
| Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics [[electronic resource] /] / Robert B. Banks |
| Autore | Banks Robert B |
| Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina |
510
519 |
| Collana | Princeton puzzlers |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Games in mathematics education Puzzles |
| ISBN |
0-691-10284-8
1-280-49441-7 9786613589644 1-4008-4303-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789935503321 |
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Banks Robert B
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics / / Robert B. Banks
| Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics / / Robert B. Banks |
| Autore | Banks Robert B |
| Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina |
510
519 |
| Collana | Princeton puzzlers |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical recreations
Games in mathematics education Puzzles |
| ISBN |
0-691-10284-8
1-280-49441-7 9786613589644 1-4008-4303-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815650203321 |
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Banks Robert B
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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