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• Title:Guesstimation : solving the world's problems on the back of a cocktail napkin / Lawrence Weinstein and John A. Adam.
  
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• Author/Creator:Weinstein, Lawrence, 1960-
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Adam, John A.
  
• Published/Created:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QA276.8 .W45 2008
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Estimation theory--Miscellanea.
  Problem solving--Miscellanea.
  
• Description:xv, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780691129495 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  0691129495 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:1. How to Solve Problems
  2. Dealing with Large Numbers
  3. General Questions
  4. Animals and People
  5. Transportation
  6. Energy and Work
  7. Hydrocarbons and Carbohydrates
  8. Earth, the Moon, and Lots of Gerbils
  9. Energy and the Environment
  10. Atmosphere
  11. Risk
  12. Unanswered Questions
  A. Needed Numbers and Formulas
  B. Pegs to Hang Things On.