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Guesstimation : Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin /
Unlocks the power of approximation-- popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten. The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Guesstimation : |b Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin / |c Lawrence Weinstein and John A. Adam. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 | |
| 520 | |a Unlocks the power of approximation-- popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten. The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Problem solving. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01077890 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Estimation theory. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00915531 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS |x Statistics. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a MATHEMATICS |x Probability & Statistics |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Resolution de probleme |v Miscellanees. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Theorie de l'estimation |v Miscellanees. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Problem solving |v Miscellanea. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Estimation theory |v Miscellanea. | |
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