""Guesstimation" is a delightful book that, page after page, gleams
with insight into the measure of all things--from house pets to
lottery tickets and from the kitchen to the cosmos. Meanwhile, the
authors cleverly teach you some fundamental chemistry, physics, and
biology, leaving you enlightened and curiously comfortable with all
that once seemed intractable in the world."--Neil deGrasse Tyson,
astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, author of
"Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries"
"Wow, I suddenly grasped concepts that have eluded me for a
lifetime. If you work anywhere in the professional world and are
aiming for the corner office, this little book could have
significant impact on both your analytical abilities and the way
you are perceived by others. An absolute eye-opener!"--Martin Yate,
New York Times best-selling author of the "Knock 'Em Dead"
job-search and career-management books
"In a world where we are constantly bombarded with quantitative
information (and disinformation) and where implausible factoids
become established truths by repetition, acquiring a sound
grounding in 'numeric literacy' has almost become a civic duty.
Weinstein and Adam show to us that it can also be fun! An extremely
useful book--not just for the intelligent layperson, but for
virtually everyone: politicians, students, policymakers and, yes,
sometimes even physicists."--Riccardo Rebonato, Royal Bank of
Scotland, author of "Plight of the Fortune Tellers"
"As well as giving insight into how scientists think, this book
packs in more amazing facts than you could shake a stick at. Learn
the technique of 'guesstimation' and you will be able to astound
your friends atparties, as well as avoid getting ripped off by
misleading advertising claims. You may even be able to work out how
many facts you can shake a stick at."--John Gribbin, author of
"Deep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity"
"A very interesting and informative work, showing both how
important and how easy it can be to estimate magnitudes. This book
will amuse you while it instructs."--Gino Segre, author of "A
Matter of Degrees"
"This is definitely my kind of book. The authors show, using
numerous examples, how readers can make numerical estimates of
quantities--some absurd and some fascinating--in a wide variety of
areas. This is a very useful talent--be it in everyday life, in
one's career, or in job interviews."--Robert Ehrlich, author of
"Eight Preposterous Propositions"
"This book will benefit teachers and students in science and
engineering, from grade school to college. The problems are well
chosen to illustrate increasingly complex themes, culminating in
energy conservation, risk assessment, and environmental problems.
The solutions are careful, complete, and illuminating. General
readers with a taste for mathematical puzzles will enjoy it."--Hans
Christian von Baeyer, author of "The Fermi Solution"
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