Street-Fighting Mathematics By Sanjoy Mahajan
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- Book Name: Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing
- Book Author: ( i ) Sanjoy Mahajan
- Book Publishers: The MIT Press Cambridge
- Publish Date: 2010
- Format: Hand Book
- Book Name: Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving (MIT Press)
- Book Author: ( i ) Sanjoy Mahajan ( ii ) Carver A. Mea
- Book Publishers: The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
- Publish Date: 2010
- Format: Hand Book
- Language: English
- Category: Mathematics
- Edition: New Edition
- Pages: 154
- Book Code: 230
- ISBN-13: 978-0262514293
- ISBN-10: 026251429X
- Book Quality: Paperback
Additional information
| Weight | 0.700 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 12 × 8 × 4 in |
| Book Quality | Pirated |
| Book Binding | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| ISBN-10: | 026251429X |
| ISBN-13: | 978-0262514293 |
About Book
In problem solving, as in street fighting, rules are for fools: do whatever works—don’t just stand there! Yet we often fear an unjustified leap even though it may land us on a correct result. Traditional mathematics teaching is largely about solving exactly stated problems exactly, yet life often hands us partly defined problems needing only moderately accurate solutions. This engaging book is an antidote to the rigor mortis brought on by too much mathematical rigor, teaching us how to guess answers without needing a proof or an exact calculation.
About Author
Sanjoy Mahajan is Associate Professor of Applied Science and Engineering at Olin College of Engineering and Visiting Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College in the University of Cambridge, where he was a member of the physics faculty. He is the author of Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving (MIT Press).
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