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Covering a broad range of fields, Banks uses basic algebra and geometry to solve problems. Designed to entertain and to stimulate thinking, this book can be read for sheer personal enjoyment. The phenomena he describes are ones that we encounter in our dialy lives or can visualize without much trouble. *Contents Broad stripes and bright stars; More stars, honeycombs, and snowflakes; Slicing things like pizzas and watermelons; Raindrops keep falling on my head and other goodies; Raindrops and other goodies revisited; Which major rivers flow uphill? A brief look at p, e, and some other famous numbers; Another look at some famous numbers; Great number
sequences: Prime, fibonacci, and hailstone; A fast way to escape; How to get anywhere in about forty-two minutes; How fast should you run in the rain? Great turtle races: Pursuit curves; More great turtle races; How many people have ever lived? The great explosion of 2023; How to make fairly nice valentines; Somewhere over the rainbow; Making mathematical mountains; How to make mountains out of molehills; Moving continents from here to there; Cartography: How to flatten spheres; Growth and spreading and mathematical analogies; How long is the seam on a baseball? Baseball seams, pipe connections, and world travels; Lengths, areas, and
volumes of all kinds of shapes; References; Index. 344pp (2001) 240 × 158 mm ISBN 97881 7371 3668
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Pages : 344
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