Guesstimation 2.0

Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a Napkin

Lawrence Weinstein, Patricia Edwards

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English

Princeton University Pres
10 December 2012

Mathematics & Sciences; Probability & statistics

Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate virtually anything--quickly--and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. A stimulating follow-up to Guesstimation, this is the must-have book for anyone preparing for a job interview in technology or finance, where more and more leading businesses test applicants using estimation questions just like these. The ability to guesstimate on your feet is an essential skill to have in today's world, whether you're trying to distinguish between a billion-dollar subsidy and a trillion-dollar stimulus, a megawatt wind turbine and a gigawatt nuclear plant, or parts-per-million and parts-per-billion contaminants. Lawrence Weinstein begins with a concise tutorial on how to solve these kinds of order of magnitude problems, and then invites readers to have a go themselves. The book features dozens of problems along with helpful hints and easy-to-understand solutions. It also includes appendixes containing useful formulas and more. Guesstimation 2.0 shows how to estimate everything from how closely you can orbit a neutron star without being pulled apart by gravity, to the fuel used to transport your food from the farm to the store, to the total length of all toilet paper used in the United States.

It also enables readers to answer, once and for all, the most asked environmental question of our day: paper or plastic?

By: Lawrence Weinstein
Illustrated by: Patricia Edwards
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 114mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 28g
ISBN: 9780691150802
ISBN 10: 069115080X
Pages: 377
Publication Date: 10 December 2012
Recommended Age: From 16 to 99 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lawrence Weinstein is University Professor of Physics at Old Dominion University. He is the coauthor of Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin (Princeton).

Reviews for Guesstimation 2.0: Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a Napkin

This follow-up to the popular Guesstimation offers more on the joy of mathematical estimation, and inspiration for the budding analyst. Nature Praise for Guesstimation: [A] left-brain book that helps you approximate answers to the types of questions actually asked in some job interviews today. er Coy, BusinessWeek The books do a wonderful job at helping the reader to master the craft. Cut the Knot Insights A delightful volume... I hope to be able to use many of the tricks I learned in the future. I also hope to teach some of them to students. This would make a great secondary textbook in many classes, ranging from quantitative literacy to a science methods class for future educators. A careful study of this book would certainly improve a student's ability to take a complicated question, break it down into solvable parts, and assemble the parts to find an answer. Because this is quite close to what I want my students to do when faced with a difficult problem in pure mathematics as well, I consider this to be a very valuable book indeed. -- Dominic Klyve MAA Reviews