The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
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Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#2An earlier book from the same author: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/street-fighting-mathematics
Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#3An earlier book from the same author: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/street-fighting-mathematics
In fact he has a course on edx for this: https://www.edx.org/course/street-fighting-math-mitx-6-sfmx
Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#4I took a version of this class (called The Art of Approximation) with Dr. Mahajan when he was a visiting professor at Olin College. The course helped me become fearless about tackling a broad range of math problems I knew little about, and has helped me in countless real life situations from financial planning to major work decisions.
Also, it's a great intro on good ways to nail PM interviews, at least at Google (where I now work, thanks in no small part to the lessons from this class).
If you have a spare few hours, read this book or take his classes on edX. It'll absolutely change your intuition for numbers.
Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#5What a great find! I didn't even dream of a book like this.
Thank you for sharing!
Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#6The irony of a an article claiming to master complexity while using one of the worst choices of information dissemination. PDF's. Palpable.
Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#7The irony of a an article claiming to master complexity while using one of the worst choices of information dissemination. PDF's. Palpable.
Because it's a book, not an article.
Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#8How come this book is available on download I mean what about copyright?
Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#9How come this book is available on download I mean what about copyright?
It's under a license that allows freely sharing it for non-commercial purposes.
Re: The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity (2014) [pdf]
#10How come this book is available on download I mean what about copyright?
On the copyright page of the PDF of the book it states it is:
>> "licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International License."