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100 1 Adam, John A.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
n92075821
245 10 X and the city :|bmodeling aspects of urban life /|cJohn
Adam.
264 1 Princeton :|bPrinceton University Press,|c[2012]
264 4 |c©2012
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504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Introduction : cancer, Princess Dido, and the city --
Getting to the city -- Living in the city -- Eating in the
city -- Gardening in the city -- Summer in the city -- Not
driving in the city! -- Driving in the city -- Probability
in the city -- Traffic in the city -- Car following in the
city-I -- Car following in the city-II -- Congestion in
the city -- Roads in the city -- Sex and the city --
Growth and the city -- The axiomatic city -- Scaling in
the city -- Air pollution in the city -- Light in the city
-- Nighttime in the city-I -- Nighttime in the city-II --
Lighthouses in the city -- Disaster in the city? --
Getting away from the city.
520 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? And what is the likelihood that your
city will be hit by an asteroid? Every math problem and
equation in this book tells.
588 0 Print version record.
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic
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650 0 City and town life|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
subjects/sh85026255|xMathematical models.|0https://
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650 0 Cities and towns|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/
sh85026130|xMathematical models.|0https://id.loc.gov/
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650 7 Mathematical models.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
1012085
650 7 City and town life.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
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650 7 Cities and towns|xMathematical models.|2fast|0https://
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650 7 Cities and towns.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
861748
655 0 Electronic books.
655 4 Electronic books.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aAdam, John A.|tX and the city.
|dPrinceton : Princeton University Press, ©2012
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