Street-Fighting Mathematics : The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving /
"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, lu...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Dimensions
- 2 Easy cases
- 3 Lumping
- 4 Pictorial proofs
- 5 Taking out the big part
- 6 Analogy
- Bibliography
- Index.