Towing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics /

Although 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 fu...

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Author / Creator: Banks, Robert, 1922-2002.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:Paperback reissue.
Imprint: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.
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