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(0)John Adam
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"Illustrated, written in an informal style, and replete with examples from everyday life, Mathematics in Nature is an excellent and undaunting introduction to the ideas and methods of mathematical modeling. It illustrates how mathematics can be used to formulate and solve puzzles observed in nature and to interpret the solutions. In the process, it teaches such topics as the art of estimation and the effects of scale, particularly what happens as...
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English
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Presents ninety-six questions about many common natural phenomena and then shows how to answer them using mostly basic mathematics and precalculus.
How heavy is that cloud? Why can you see farther in rain than in fog? Why are the droplets on that spider web spaced apart so evenly? If you have ever asked questions like these while outdoors, this book isfor your. An entertaining and informative collection of fascinating puzzles from the natural world...
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X and the City, a book of diverse and accessible math-based topics, uses basic modeling to explore a wide range of entertaining questions about urban life. How do you estimate the number of dental or doctor's offices, gas stations, restaurants, or movie theaters in a city of a given size? How can mathematics be used to maximize traffic flow through tunnels? Can you predict whether a traffic light will stay green long enough for you to cross the intersection?...
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Wiley
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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A strong business plan greatly increases a business chance of success, especially in an economic environment in which more than 50 percent of businesses fail within three years. McAdam helps you lay that foundation. With the help of this book, aspiring entrepreneurs can write a viable business plan in just one hour.
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English
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Reassessing the archive of the Black Hawk War, The Corpse in the Kitchen explores relationships between the enclosure of Indigenous land, histories of resource extraction, and the literary culture of settler colonialism. While conventional histories of the Black Hawk War have long treated the conflict as gratuitous, Adam John Waterman argues that the war part of a struggle over the dispensation of mineral resources specifically, mineral lead-and the...
6) Perception
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English
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PERCEPTION
You ever notice how the thoughts that you sometimes project out into the universe and work hard towards achieving have an amazing way of coming true? NO?...Then maybe you need to ask yourself what thoughts you are projecting. You need to be careful what you are wishing for. Because thoughts are like magnets. They have the power of coming true, whether they be positive or negative.
The thing is, out of the approximately 60,000 thoughts...
12) 13 Gantry Row
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MTI Home Video/Bedford Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
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Peter and Julia purchase a large run-down house to renovate. They discover that the living room wall is covered in iron plates. When they remove the plates, a stain appears and begins to grow. What could have caused this, and how can yoey overcome the historic horrors in their dream home?
16) How to Lose Fat
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English
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How to Lose Fat" is an empowering and practical guidebook that equips readers with the knowledge, strategies, and tools needed to embark on a successful weight loss journey. Written by leading experts in the field of nutrition and fitness, this book offers a comprehensive and science-based approach to shedding excess body fat and achieving long-term results.In a world where fad diets and quick fixes often dominate the weight loss industry, "How to...