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Street-Fighting Mathematics (2008)
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- sebg 2y agoPrevious time it got posted had some good comments -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23637629 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23637629
- poulpy123 2y ago“Ah you think mathematics are your ally? You merely adopted mathematics. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see physics or biology until I was already an undergrad, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!”
- palashkulsh 2y agoGuesstimation is also a good read
- gjvc 2y ago.pdf file for the datahoarders https://sept.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Streetfighting%20Mathematics.pdf https://sept.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Streetfighting%20Ma...
- llimllib 2y agoauthor has a book too, I haven't read it but thought I'd link it: https://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighting-Mathematics-Educated-Guessing-Opportunistic/dp/026251429X https://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighting-Mathematics-Educated-...
- WWWWH 2y agoIt's the same resource--he gives it away for free, but you can buy the book if you want (I did).
- lucioperca 2y agoI guess this is similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_problem
- dmazin 2y agoThe one thing I remember from this is dimensional analysis. An awesome tool. You can use the units of the inputs to make sure that the output makes sense (e.g. if there's seconds in the numerator, and seconds*2 in the denominator, the result should have a unit of seconds). You can also use it to help remember a formula that you forgot part of.
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