Guesstimation 2.0: Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a Napkin

his is the follow up to Guesstimation. I found the range of questions interesting. I particularly enjoyed the astronomical and materials motivated questions. This book shows how thoughtful approximation and simple arithmetic can provide insights into the world around us and the limits imposed by physical laws and our perceptions.I enjoyed the exploration of height of mountains, feeling trees with bullets, the death by netrinos from supernova, the hazards of space travel at close to light speed, the effects of tidal forces. The exploration of posited "green" solutions and behaviours was instructive.

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Very useful book.

Good light reading

Does what it says, but not as exciting as it makes itself out to be. Contains a few "guesstimation" tricks/techniques and lots of examples that use them.

Too much physics, not enough practical examples. Probably need to know a lot of formulae to get through this. Not really back of napkin stuff

Terrific book to help my teen daughter understand estimation.

Like the first book, Dr. Weinstein has taken problems that at first blush seem insoluble (Fermi questions) and made them accesible to all of us. Great job.

Offiziell ist Guesstimation ist ein Kunstwort aus Vermutung und Schätzung. Es ist definiert eine Schätzung, die ohne angemessene oder vollständige Information gemacht wurde bzw. durch Raten erreicht wurde. Insofern geht es um eine erste grobe Annäherung, bis eine genauere Schätzung vorliegt.Inoffiziell ist auch der zweite Teil nach  Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin  das ultimative Handbuch für das gesunde Halbwissen. Es macht richtig Spass. Schön dass es eine Fortsetzung gibt. Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin

Great examples.

Fantastic read - highly recommend

loved the first book, so bought this second installment, gives your brain some nice candy.

This book is more suited for people with scientific bent of mind. Does not serve the purpose of interview prep