TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adam,John A.
TI  - X and the city: modeling aspects of urban life 
SN  - 9781400841691
AV  - HT151 .A288 2012eb
U1  - 307.7601/5118 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - City and town life
KW  - Cities and towns
KW  - Modèles mathématiques
KW  - Vie urbaine
KW  - Villes
KW  - mathematical models
KW  - aat
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Urban
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MATHEMATICS
KW  - Applied
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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