| Description |
1 electronic resource (xvi, 389 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-361) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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Part II: Discarding Complexity Without Losing Information3 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. |
| Summary |
Tools to make hard problems easier to solve. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Estimation theory.
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Estimation theory. |
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Hypothesis.
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Hypothesis. |
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Problem solving.
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Problem solving. |
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Statistical physics.
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Statistical physics. |
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects. |
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SCIENCE -- Applied Sciences. |
| Indexed Term |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General |
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ENGINEERING/General |
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MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General |
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SCIENCE / Applied Sciences |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) |
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MATHEMATICS / Applied |
| Other Form: |
Print version: The art of insight in science and engineering Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014] 9780262526548 (pbk. : alk. paper) (DLC) 2014003652 |
| ISBN |
0262526549 paperback : alkaline paper |
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9780262526548 paperback : alkaline paper |
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9780262325233 (electronic book) |
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0262325233 (electronic book) |
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132239492X (electronic book) |
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9781322394923 (electronic book) |
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9780262325240 (electronic book) |
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0262325241 (electronic book) |
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