Friday, October 23, 2015: 12:30 PM-1:00 PM
417 (Atlantic City Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Thomas Walsh
There are many applications of mathematics aboard the Battleship New Jersey (BB-62), now residing as a museum ship along the Delaware River in Camden, New Jersey. We will explore plane and spherical trigonometry (celestial navigation), matrices (cryptology), geometry (gun rifling and trajectory), topology (knot tying), and fractions (recipes).
Presentation Format: General Interest / All Audiences Session