Quantify! : A Crash Course in Smart Thinking by Göran Grimvall (2010, Trade ...

Name: Quantify! : A Crash Course in Smart Thinking by Göran Grimvall (2010, Trade ...
Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press

Johns Hopkins University Press

Product detailsFormat: PaperbackLanguage of text: EnglishIsbn-13:9780801897177, 978-0801897177Author: Goeran GrimvallPublisher: Johns Hopkins University PressImprint: Johns Hopkins University PressPublication date:2010-12-01Pages:232Product dimensions:143mm (w) x 217mm (h) x 16mm (d)\nOverviewG\u00F6ran 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 modelling methods work. They also reveal how non-scientists absorb these concepts and use them at home, school, and work. Grimvall's simple, elegant explanations will help you tap into your inner scientis.