How to fall slower than gravity and other everyday (and not so everyday) uses of mathematics and physical reasoning

DOI10.1515/9780691185026MaRDI QIDQ4554147zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul J. Nahin

Publication date 7 November 2018

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691185026

zbMATH Keywords

Monte Carlo simulationmechanicsmathematical physicsalgebraic equationsreal-world problemsproblem book

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics for nonmathematicians (engineering, social sciences, etc.) (00A06) Problem books (00A07) Recreational mathematics (00A08) Popularization of mathematics (00A09)

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