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MIT

2.038J (Spring 2008)
Instructors:
Dr. Sanjoy Mahajan

Level
Undergraduate



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Water waves produced by drops of rain spread in all directions. Learn more in Chapter 10 of the readings. (Image courtesy of Stephen Cannon on Flickr.)

Course Description

This course teaches simple reasoning techniques for complex phenomena: divide and conquer, dimensional analysis, extreme cases, continuity, scaling, successive approximation, balancing, cheap calculus, and symmetry. Applications are drawn from the physical and biological sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Examples include bird and machine flight, neuron biophysics, weather, prime numbers, and animal locomotion. Emphasis is on low-cost experiments to test ideas and on fostering curiosity about phenomena in the world.

 

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Copyright 2007, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. administrator. (2009, September 02). CS230 The Art of Approximation in Science and Engineering (2008) MIT. Retrieved July 31, 2010, from Free University Courses OCW Courses OpenCourseWare Freeversity Foundation Web site: http://www.freeversity.org/science-and-mathematics/computer-science/me10-the-art-of-approximation-in-science-and. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons License