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The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity / Sanjoy Mahajan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahajan, Sanjoy, 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Statistical physics.
- Estimation theory.
- Hypothesis.
- Problem solving.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (409 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge The MIT Press 2014
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tools to make hard problems easier to solve.
- Contents:
- 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
- Divide and Conquer
- Bon Voyage: Long-lasting Learning
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262325240
- 0262325241
- 9780262325233
- 0262325233
- OCLC:
- 899008386
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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