LEADER 03998nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910778215703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15913-5 010 $a9786612159138 010 $a1-4008-2444-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400824441 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788594 035 $a(EBL)457714 035 $a(OCoLC)440796201 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166222 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156880 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166222 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10147257 035 $a(PQKB)10144377 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43041 035 $a(DE-B1597)453571 035 $a(OCoLC)979881444 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400824441 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457714 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312441 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215913 035 $a(PPN)170245624 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457714 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788594 100 $a20070815d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGuesstimation$b[electronic resource] $esolving the world's problems on the back of a cocktail napkin /$fLawrence Weinstein and John A. Adam 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12949-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-297) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreface -- $tHow to Solve Problems -- $tDealing with Large Numbers -- $tGeneral Questions -- $tAnimals and People -- $tTransportation -- $tEnergy and Work -- $tHydrocarbons and Carbohydrates -- $tThe Earth, the Moon, and Lots of Gerbils -- $tEnergy and the Environment -- $tThe Atmosphere -- $tRisk -- $tUnanswered Questions -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aGuesstimation 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' abilities to think on their feet. Guesstimation enables anyone with basic math and science skills to estimate virtually anything--quickly--using plausible assumptions and elementary arithmetic. Lawrence Weinstein and John Adam present an eclectic array of estimation problems that range from devilishly simple to quite sophisticated and from serious real-world concerns to downright silly ones. How long would it take a running faucet to fill the inverted dome of the Capitol? What is the total length of all the pickles consumed in the US in one year? What are the relative merits of internal-combustion and electric cars, of coal and nuclear energy? The problems are marvelously diverse, yet the skills to solve them are the same. The authors show how easy it is to derive useful ballpark estimates by breaking complex problems into simpler, more manageable ones--and how there can be many paths to the right answer. The book is written in a question-and-answer format with lots of hints along the way. It includes a handy appendix summarizing the few formulas and basic science concepts needed, and its small size and French-fold design make it conveniently portable. Illustrated with humorous pen-and-ink sketches, Guesstimation will delight popular-math enthusiasts and is ideal for the classroom. 606 $aEstimation theory$vMiscellanea 606 $aProblem solving$vMiscellanea 615 0$aEstimation theory 615 0$aProblem solving 676 $a519.5/44 686 $aQH 233$2rvk 700 $aWeinstein$b Lawrence$f1960-$0772424 701 $aAdam$b John A$0350928 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778215703321 996 $aGuesstimation$91576994 997 $aUNINA