Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power of approximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and more leading businesses today use estimation questions in interviews to test applicants' abilities to think on their feet. Guesstimation enables anyone with basic math and science skills to estimate virtually anything--quickly--using plausible assumptions and elementary arithmetic. Lawrence Weinstein and John Adam present an eclectic array of estimation problems that range fro Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 How to Solve Problems; 2 Dealing with Large Numbers; 3 General Questions; 4 Animals and People; 5 Transportation; 6 Energy and Work; 7 Hydrocarbons and Carbohydrates; 8 The Earth, the Moon, and Lots of Gerbils; 9 Energy and the Environment; 10 The Atmosphere; 11 Risk; 12 Unanswered Questions; A: Needed Numbers and Formulas; B: Pegs to Hang Things On; Bibliography; Index. - Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power of approximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and more leading businesses today use estimation questions in interviews to test applicants' abilities to think on their feet. Guesstimation enables anyone with basic math and science skills to estimate virtually anything--quickly--using plausible assumptions and elementary arithmetic. Lawrence Weinstein and John Adam present an eclectic array of estimation problems that range fro |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource (320 p.)) |
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