The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity /
Mahajan, Sanjoy, 1969-
The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity / Sanjoy Mahajan. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2014. - 1 electronic resource (xvi, 389 pages )
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Tools to make hard problems easier to solve.
9780262325233 9781322394923 9780262325240
2020717571
Estimation theory.
Hypothesis.
Problem solving.
Statistical physics.
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General ENGINEERING/General MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / MATHEMATICS /
Electronic Books.
QC174 / .A786 2014
The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity / Sanjoy Mahajan. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2014. - 1 electronic resource (xvi, 389 pages )
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
Tools to make hard problems easier to solve.
9780262325233 9781322394923 9780262325240
2020717571
Estimation theory.
Hypothesis.
Problem solving.
Statistical physics.
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General ENGINEERING/General MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / MATHEMATICS /
Electronic Books.
QC174 / .A786 2014