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The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sanjoy MahajanSeries:Mit PressAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2014-11-21Pages:408
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262526548ISBN-10:262526549UPC:9780262526548Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Applied Sciences, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Engineering (General)Size:9.20 x 6.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC5PAW6VQE

The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity

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,...

Series: Mit Press
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:MIT PressISBN-13:9780262526548ISBN-10:262526549UPC:9780262526548Book Category:Science, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Applied Sciences, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Engineering (General)Size:9.20 x 6.80 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC5PAW6VQE

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...

Publisher: MIT Press

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Sanjoy Mahajan

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