Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, & Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics - Softcover

Book 6 of 7: Princeton Puzzlers

Banks, Robert B

 
9780691059488: Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, & Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691059489 ISBN 13: 9780691059488
Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Common activities, such as skipping, playing football, growing flowers, measuring saving accounts and many others are inherently mathematical. The text is centred on real-world phenomenon, such as how tall can one grow? Why do we get stuck in traffic? Can California water shortages be alleviated by towing icebergs from Antarctica? What is the fastest the 100-metre dash will ever be run? This text uses math and reasoning together, to produce models to explain everything from the federal debt to the proper technique for ski-jumping.

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About the Author

Robert B. Banks was a Professor of Engineering at Northwestern University and Dean of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He served with the Ford Foundation in Mexico City and with the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok. He won numerous national and international honors, including being named Commander of the Order of the White Elephant by the King of Thailand and Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the government of France.

From the Back Cover

"An imaginative collection of popular engineering problems, worked out completely, and whose solutions are within the grasp of anyone with a knowledge of elementary differential equations. Even without this knowledge, the surrounding discussions are both revealing and entertaining."--Philip J. Davis, author of Mathematical Encounters of the Second Kind

From the Inside Flap

"An imaginative collection of popular engineering problems, worked out completely, and whose solutions are within the grasp of anyone with a knowledge of elementary differential equations. Even without this knowledge, the surrounding discussions are both revealing and entertaining."--Philip J. Davis, author of Mathematical Encounters of the Second Kind

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0691059489
ISBN 13 
9780691059488
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
344