The author discloses the mathematics behind a host of whimsical and practical problems, including gauging the length of the seam on a baseball, predicting the results of melting polar ice caps, and digging a hole to China.
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Robert B. Banks, author of Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics (Princeton), is a former Professor of Engineering at Northwestern University and former 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 has 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 Académiques by the government of France. He lives in California.
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