Slicing pizzas, racing turtles, and further adventures in applied mathematics:
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1. Verfasser: Banks, Robert (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press 2012, ©1999
Schriftenreihe:Princeton puzzlers
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Beschreibung:"Paperback reissue, for the Princeton Puzzlers series, 2012."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index
Chapter 10. A Fast way to EscapeChapter 11. How to Get Anywhere in about Forty-Two Minutes; Chapter 12. How Fast should you Run in the Rain?; Chapter 13. Great Turtle Races: Pursuit Curves; Chapter 14. More Great Turtle Races: Logarithmic Spirals; Chapter 15. How Many People have Ever Lived?; Chapter 16. The Great Explosion of 2023; Chapter 17. How to make Fairly Nice Valentines; Chapter 18. Somewhere over the Rainbow; Chapter 19. Making Mathematical Mountains; Chapter 20. How to make Mountains out of Molehills; Chapter 21. Moving Continents from here to there
Chapter 22. Cartography: How to Flatten SpheresChapter 23. Growth and Spreading and Mathematical Analogies; Chapter 24. How Long is the Seam on a Baseball?; Chapter 25. Baseball Seams, Pipe Connections, and World Travels; Chapter 26. Lengths, Areas, and Volumes of all Kinds of Shapes; References; Index
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 (Princeton, 1998), Banks presents another collection of puzzles for readers interested in sharpening their thinking and mathematical skills. The problems range from the wondrous to the eminently practical. In one chapter, the author helps us determine the total number of people who have lived on e
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