| Article number: | P-1215 |
| Availability: | In stock (2) |
Guesstimation 2.0 reveals the simple and effective techniques needed to estimate anything, quickly, and illustrates them using an eclectic array of problems. 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 appendices containing useful formulas and more.