TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mahajan,Sanjoy
TI  - The art of insight in science and engineering: mastering complexity 
SN  - 9780262325233
AV  - QC174 .A786 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - The MIT Press
KW  - Estimation theory
KW  - Hypothesis
KW  - Problem solving
KW  - Statistical physics
KW  - PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
KW  - ENGINEERING/General
KW  - MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - MATHEMATICS
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
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