عنوان

Street-fighting mathematics :

(Number (ISBN

026251429X (pbk. : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780262514293 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Title Proper

Street-fighting mathematics :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the art of educated guessing and opportunistic problem solving /

First Statement of Responsibility

Sanjoy Mahajan ; foreword by Carver A. Mead

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

MIT Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2010

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 134 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-125) and index

Text of Note

"In Street-Fighting Mathematics, Sanjoy Mahajan builds, sharpens, and demonstrates tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty, opportunistic problem solving across diverse fields of knowledge - from mathematics to management. Mahajan describes six tools: dimensional analysis, easy cases, lumping, picture proofs, successive approximation, and reasoning by analogy. Illustrating each tool with numerous examples, he carefully separates the tool - the general principle - from the particular application so that the reader can most easily grasp the tool itself to use on problems of particular interest." "Street-Fighting Mathematics grew out of a short course taught by the author at MIT for students ranging from first-year undergraduates to graduate students ready for careers in physics, mathematics, management, electrical engineering, computer science, and biology. They benefited from an approach that avoided rigor and taught them how to use mathematics to solve real problems."--BOOK JACKET

Estimation theory

Hypothesis

Problem solving

Class number

Book number

Mahajan, Sanjoy,1969-

Date of Transaction

20110422115448.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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