Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin
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Description
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' 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... [From Amazon.com]
ISBN
9780691129495
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press
City
Princeton, New Jersey
Keywords
Estimation theory, Problem solving, Math games
Disciplines
Mathematics | Statistics and Probability
Recommended Citation
Weinstein, Lawrence and Adam, John A., "Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin" (2008). Physics Faculty Books. 7.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/physics_books/7