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Encyclopedia of mathematics and society : engineering, technology, and medicine / editors, Sarah J. Greenwald and Jill E. Thomley.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Social aspects.
- Mathematics.
- Engineering--Encyclopedias.
- Engineering.
- Technology--Encyclopedias.
- Technology.
- Medicine--Encyclopedias.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 145 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Engineering, technology and medicine
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covers mathematics as applied in engineering, technology, and medicine in such activities as bridge design, city planning, and roller coasters and video games.
- Contents:
- ""Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society: Engineering, Technology, and Medicine""; ""Contents""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Aircraft Design""; ""Airplanes/Flight""; ""Animation and CGI""; ""Arenas, Sports""; ""Auto Racing""; ""Bicycles""; ""Bridges""; ""Calculators in Society""; ""Calendars""; ""Canals""; ""Carpentry""; ""Castles""; ""Cell Phone Networks""; ""City Planning""; ""Clocks""; ""Coding and Encryption""; ""Communication in Society""; ""Dams""; ""Deep Submergence Vehicles""; ""Digital Book Readers""; ""Digital Cameras""; ""Digital Images""; ""Digital Storage""; ""Electricity""
- ""Elevators""""Engineering Design""; ""Fax Machines""; ""Fuel Consumption""; ""GPS""; ""Green Design""; ""Helicopters""; ""Highways""; ""HOV Lane Management""; ""Internet""; ""Landscape Design""; ""Levers""; ""Light Bulbs""; ""Mapping Coastlines""; ""Mattresses""; ""Microwave Ovens""; ""Movies, Making of""; ""MP3 Players""; ""Neural Networks""; ""Nielsen Ratings""; ""Optical Illusions""; ""Parallel Processing""; ""Personal Computers""; ""Pulleys""; ""Radio""; ""Robots""; ""Roller Coasters""; ""Search Engines""; ""Segway""; ""Servers""; ""Shipping""; ""Skyscrapers""; ""SMART Board""
- ""Smart Cars""""Social Networks""; ""Spaceships""; ""Spam Filters""; ""Televisions""; ""Thermostat""; ""Time Signatures""; ""Toilets""; ""Traffic""; ""Trains""; ""Traveling Salesman Problem""; ""Tunnels""; ""Universal Language""; ""Vending Machines""; ""Video Games""; ""Water Distribution""; ""Wheel""; ""Windmills""; ""Wireless Communication""; ""Resource Guide""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781283803892
- 1283803895
- 9781429837583
- 1429837586
- OCLC:
- 905361918
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