Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving

by Sanjoy Mahajan

Book Overview

An antidote to mathematical rigor mortis, teaching how to guess answers without needing a proof or an exact calculation.

In problem solving, as in street fighting, rules are for fools: do whatever works--don't just stand there Yet we often fear an unjustified leap even though it may land us on a correct result. Traditional mathematics teaching is largely about solving exactly stated problems exactly, yet life often hands us partly defined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026251429X
• ISBN13: 9780262514293
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher