Title The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity / Sanjoy Mahajan

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 389 pages) : illustrations Contents Brief Contents; Preface; Values for Backs of Envelopes; Part I: Organizing Complexity; 1 Divide and conquer; 2 Abstraction; Part II: Discarding Complexity Without Losing Information; 3 Symmetry and Conservation; 4 Proportional Reasoning; 5 Dimensions; Part III: Discarding Complexity with Loss of Information; 6 Lumping; 7 Probabilistic Reasoning; 8 Easy Cases; 9 Spring Models; Bon Voyage: Long-Lasting Learning; Bibliography; Index; Contents; Preface; Values for Backs of Envelopes; Part I: Organizing Complexity; Divide and Conquer; 2 Abstraction Part II: Discarding Complexity Without Losing Information3 Symmetry and Conservation; 4 Proportional Reasoning; 5 Dimensions; Part III: Discarding Complexity with Loss of Information; 6 Lumping; 7 Probabilistic Reasoning; 8 Easy Cases; 9 Spring Models; Bon Voyage: Long-lasting Learning; Bibliography; Index Summary Tools to make hard problems easier to solve Analysis PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General ENGINEERING/General MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General SCIENCE / Applied Sciences TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) MATHEMATICS / Applied Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Statistical physics. Estimation theory. Hypothesis. Problem solving. SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects. SCIENCE -- Applied Sciences. Estimation theory. Hypothesis. Problem solving. Statistical physics. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780262325233 0262325233 132239492X 9781322394923 9780262325240 0262325241

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