Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780691102856
Subjects: Applied mathematics; Science: General Issues; Mathematics (General); Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Applied; Mathematics / Applied; Physics; General
First sentence: About twenty to twenty-five thousand years ago, an enormous meteor hit the earth in northern Arizona, approximately sixty kilometers southeast of the present-day city of Flagstaff.