Sort descending a column generated by a simple formula?

I have just upgraded to Numbers 3.2 from '09 and I have discovered this nasty problem where I can not “sort descending” a column generated by a simple formula.
Imagine the sequence 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64…
— Let's add the first number, “1” in B1
— Click on B2 and make it equal to B1*2
— And so on, click your B2 cell and drop to bottom.
We get this nice succession:
OK. Now imagine we want to “sort-descending” this. We press on top and choose the descending option. And then we get this annoying result:
How I can to fix this problem?
This worked perfectly on previous Numbers versions ('09) and of course in Excel or OpenOffice. And it's a very “simple” and common feature.
Or maybe I'm forgetting or misunderstanding something?
Thanks for your support :-)
Cristóbal Vila.

Sorting has changed since the previous version.
You can sort this by selecting the column with the sequence, then copy
then select the menu item "Edit > Paste Formula Results"
now sort
another way is to place a "count" in column A... 0 thru whatever
and place a formula to computer the power of two from that count:
In this case I entered 0 in cell A1, then 1 in cell A2
select cells A1 and A2 and fill down as needed by dragging the yellow dot that appears when you hover the cursor over to bottom edge of the selection
In cell B1 I entered the formula "=2^A1"
no select cell B1 copy
select column B, paste
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