"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 a story and
examples are explained throughout in an informal and witty style.
The level of mathematics ranges from precalculus through calculus
to some differential equations, and any reader with knowledge of
elementary calculus will be able to follow the materials with ease.
There are also some more challenging problems sprinkled in for the
more advanced reader.
Filled with interesting and unusual observations about how
cities work, "X and the City" shows how mathematics undergirds and
plays an important part in the metropolitan landscape.
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