Guesstimation : : Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin / / John A. Adam, Lawrence Weinstein.
Guesstimation is a book that unlocks the power of approximation--it's popular mathematics rounded to the nearest power of ten! The ability to estimate is an important skill in daily life. More and more leading businesses today use estimation questions in interviews to test applicants' abil...
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