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A Crash Course in Smart Thinking

By: Goeran Grimvall

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Paperback | 13 February 2011

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232 Pages

Age
18+

Dimensions(cm)
21.7 x 14.3 x 1.6

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Goran Grimvall is determined to help mere mortals understand how scientists get to the kernel of perplexing problems. Entertaining and enlightening, his latest book uses examples from sports, literature, and nature-as well as from the varied worlds of science-to illustrate how scientists make sense of and explain the world around us.

Grimvall's fun-to-read essays and easy-to-follow examples detail how order-of-magnitude estimation, extreme cases, dimensional analysis, and other modeling methods work. They also reveal how nonscientists absorb these concepts and use them at home, school, and work.

Grimvall's simple, elegant explanations will help you tap into your inner scientist. Read this book and enjoy your own "Aha!" moment.

Industry Reviews

""A fun survey of the use of numbers to make sound judgments, from gravity's effects on sports records to statistical analysis of the weather.""

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