Towing icebergs, falling dominoes, and other adventures in applied mathematics /
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
c1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Units and Dimensions and Mach Numbers
- Ch. 2. Alligator Eggs and the Federal Debt
- Ch. 3. Controlling Growth and Perceiving Spread
- Ch. 4. Little Things Falling from the Sky
- Ch. 5. Big Things Falling from the Sky
- Ch. 6. Towing and Melting Enormous Icebergs: Part I
- Ch. 7. Towing and Melting Enormous Icebergs: Part II
- Ch.8. A Better Way to Score the Olympics
- Ch. 9. How to Calculate the Economic Energy of a Nation
- Ch. 10. How to Start Football Games, and Other Probably Good Ideas
- Ch. 11. Gigantic Numbers and Extreme Exponents
- Ch. 12. Ups and Downs of Professional Football
- Ch. 13. A Tower, a Bridge, and a Beautiful Arch
- Ch. 14. Jumping Ropes and Wind Turbines
- Ch. 15. The Crisis of the Deficit: Gompertz to the Rescue
- Ch. 16. How to Reduce the Population with Differential Equations
- Ch. 17. Shot Puts, Basketballs, and Water Fountains
- Ch. 18. Balls and Strikes and Home Runs
- Ch. 19. Hooks and Slices and Holes in One.