Text

The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering

---

Tools to make hard problems easier to solve. In this book, Sanjoy Mahajan shows us that the way to master complexity is through insight rather than precision. Precision can overwhelm us with information, whereas insight connects seemingly disparate pieces of information into a simple picture. Unlike computers, humans depend on insight. Based on the author's fifteen years of teaching at MIT, Cambridge University, and Olin College, The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering shows us how to build insight and find understanding, giving readers tools to help them solve any problem in science and engineering. To master complexity, we can organize it or discard it. The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering first teaches the tools for organizing complexity, then distinguishes the two paths for discarding complexity: with and without loss of information. Questions and problems throughout the text help readers master and apply these groups of tools. Armed with this three-part toolchest, and without complicated mathematics, readers can estimate the flight range of birds and planes and the strength of chemical bonds, understand the physics of pianos and xylophones, and explain why skies are blue and sunsets are red.

---

Availability

No copy data

Detail Information

Series Title

-

Call Number

-

Publisher

London : ., 2014

Collation

-

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780262526548

Classification

NONE

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

-

Subject(s)

Science

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

Sanjoy Mahajan

Other Information

Cataloger

Jemadi

Source

https://openresearchlibrary.org/content/f7a178a4-1092-4f6d-b6ea-00bcec967207

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment