Weinstein Guesstimation 2.0

Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a Napkin
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4466-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Weinstein, Lawrence

Weitere Mitwirkende

Edwards, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Populäre Darstellungen der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi

Preface xiii

1 How to Solve Problems 1

2 General Questions 11

- 2.1 Who unrolled the toilet paper? 13

- 2.2 Money height 17

- 2.3 Blotting out the Sun 19

- 2.4 Really extra-large popcorn 21

- 2.5 Building volume 25

- 2.6 Mass of money 29

- 2.7 A baseball in a glass of beer 33

- 2.8 Life on the phone 37

- 2.9 Money under the bridge 41

- 2.10 Monkeys and Shakespeare 45

- 2.11 The titans of siren 49

- 2.12 Airheads at the movies 53

- 2.13 Heavy cars and heavier people 55

- 2.14 Peeing in the pool 59

3 Recycling: What Really Matters? 63

- 3.1 Water bottles 67

- 3.2 99 bottles of beer on the wall. 71

- 3.3 Can the aluminum 75

- 3.4 Paper or plastic? 79

- 3.5 Paper doesn't grow on trees! 83

- 3.6 The rain in Spain. 87

- 3.7 Bottom feeders 91

- 3.8 You light up my life! 95

4 The Five Senses 101

- 4.1 Don't stare at the Sun 103

- 4.2 Men of vision 105

- 4.3 Light a single candle 109

- 4.4 Oh say can you see? 113

- 4.5 Bigger eyes 117

- 4.6 They're watching us! 121

- 4.7 Beam the energy down, Scotty! 125

- 4.8 Oh say can you hear? 131

- 4.9 Heavy loads 135

5 Energy and Work 139

- 5.1 Power up the stairs 143

- 5.2 Power workout 145

- 5.3 Water over the dam 149

- 5.4 A hard nut to crack 153

- 5.5 Mousetrap cars 155

- 5.6 Push hard 159

- 5.7 Pumping car tires 161

- 5.8 Pumping bike tires 165

- 5.9 Atomic bombs and confetti 169

6 Energy and Transportation 173

- 6.1 Gas-powered humans 177

- 6.2 Driving across country 181

- 6.3 Keep on trucking 185

- 6.4 Keep on biking 189

- 6.5 Keep on training 193

- 6.6 Keep on flying 197

- 6.7 To pee or not to pee 201

- 6.8 Solar-powered cars 205

- 6.9 Put a doughnut in your tank 209

- 6.10 Perk up your car 213

- 6.11 Don't slow down 217

- 6.12 Throwing tomatoes 219

7 Heavenly Bodies 223

- 7.1 Orbiting the Sun 227

- 7.2 Flying off the Earth 229

- 7.3 The rings of Earth 233

- 7.4 It is not in the stars to hold our destiny 237

- 7.5 Orbiting a neutron star 241

- 7.6 How high can we jump? 245

- 7.7 Collapsing Sun 249

- 7.8 Splitting the Moon 253

- 7.9 Splitting a smaller moon 257

- 7.10 Spinning faster and slower 263

- 7.11 Shrinking Sun 267

- 7.12 Spinning Earth 271

- 7.13 The dinosaur killer and the day 273

- 7.14 The Yellowstone volcano and the day 277

- 7.15 The orbiting Moon 281

- 7.16 The shortest day 283

8 Materials 289

- 8.1 Stronger than spider silk 291

- 8.2 Beanstalk to orbit 295

- 8.3 Bolt failure 299

- 8.4 Making mountains out of molecules 303

- 8.5 Chopping down a tree 307

9 Radiation 311

- 9.1 Nuclear neutrinos 315

- 9.2 Neutrinos and you 319

- 9.3 Solar neutrinos 323

- 9.4 Supernovas can be dangerous 327

- 9.5 Reviving ancient bacteria 331

- 9.6 Decaying protons 335

- 9.7 Journey to the center of the galaxy 337

Appendix A

- Dealing with Large Numbers 341

- A.1 Large Numbers 341

- A.2 Precision, Lots of Digits, and Lying 343

- A.3 Numbers and Units 345

Appendix B

- Pegs to Hang Things On 347

Bibliography 351

Index 355

Über Autor(innen)

Lawrence Weinstein is University Professor of Physics at Old Dominion University. He is the coauthor of Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin (Princeton). Patricia Edwards is senior lecturer in art at Old Dominion University. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she lives in Norfolk, Virginia.