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The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity / Sanjoy Mahajan.
1st ed.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Intro -- 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 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.
Statistical physics.
Estimation theory.
Hypothesis.
Problem solving.
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