Author:
Grimvall, Göran.
Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Descriptionx, 218 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:Numbers. Numerical literacy; The power of logarithms; What is typical?; Estimates -- Measures. What is it on a scale?; Comparing apples and oranges; Units; On the road -- Accuracy and significant. Could you be more precise, please? Significant; Limit values; Fair games? -- Extrapolations. The dangerous exponential; The ubiquitous straight line; Scaling; Looking ahead -- Models. What are the chances? Seeking the optimum; Focus on the essential; A law or a model? -- The real world. Plausible, but not correct; You see what you want to see; Suddenly something happens; Engineering versus science -- Tricks of the trade. A crash course in science thinking; Is the formula accurate enough? Characteristic quantities; Impress them! -- Epilogue: Seven principles in scientific literacy.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
