| Quantify!: A Crash Course in Smart Thinking Contributor(s): Grimvall, Göran (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801897173 ISBN-13: 9780801897177 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Essays - Science | Research & Methodology - Science | Physics - Quantum Theory |
| Dewey: 507.6 |
| LCCN: 2010007501 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.58" W x 8.48" (0.62 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: G ran Grimvall is determined to help mere mortals understand how scientists get to the kernel of perplexing problems. Entertaining and enlightening, his latest book uses examples from sports, literature, and nature--as well as from the varied worlds of science--to illustrate how scientists make sense of and explain the world around us. Grimvall's fun-to-read essays and easy-to-follow examples detail how order-of-magnitude estimation, extreme cases, dimensional analysis, and other modeling methods work. They also reveal how nonscientists absorb these concepts and use them at home, school, and work. Grimvall's simple, elegant explanations will help you tap into your inner scientist. Read this book and enjoy your own "Aha " moment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Grimvall, Goran: - Göran Grimvall is professor emeritus of physics at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. An elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, he is the author of a number of popular physics books, including Brainteaser Physics, also published by Johns Hopkins. |