The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering Complexity

by Sanjoy Mahajan

Book Overview

Tools to make hard problems easier to solve.

In this book, Sanjoy Mahajan shows us that the way to master complexity is through insight rather than precision. Precision can overwhelm us with information, whereas insight connects seemingly disparate pieces of information into a simple picture. Unlike computers, humans depend on insight. Based on the author's fifteen years of teaching at MIT, Cambridge University, and Olin College, The Art...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262526549
• ISBN13: 9780262526548
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher