The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire and classic models

and classic models

Geared toward advanced undergraduate and graduate students of mathematical programming

oft-cited work was written by a distinguished Soviet astronomer

and problems in celestial mechanics and spacecraft dynamics

Niagara Falls

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire and classic modelsIn the wake of San Francisco's 1906 catastrophe, an enterprising publisher dispatched journalist Charles Morris to obtain firsthand narratives from survivors. Morris's gripping report was rushed to press a few weeks later, providing "a complete and accurate account of the fearful disaster which visited the great city and the Pacific coast, the reign of panic and lawlessness, the plight of 300,000 homeless people, and the worldwide rush to the rescue."