Guesstimation : : Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin /

Guesstimation : : Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin / / John A. Adam, Lawrence Weinstein.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Weinstein, Lawrence,
Adam, John A.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]
©2008
Year of Publication:2009
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 72 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • How to Solve Problems
  • Dealing with Large Numbers
  • General Questions
  • Animals and People
  • Transportation
  • Energy and Work
  • Hydrocarbons and Carbohydrates
  • The Earth, the Moon, and Lots of Gerbils
  • Energy and the Environment
  • The Atmosphere
  • Risk
  • Unanswered Questions
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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