Art of estimation

==Estimation ==

==Real-life versus math problems (especially physics) ==

* Taylor expansion (what analysts do versus what all problems in real life come from)

Fermi Problems
* benefits: finding loci

* benefits: you can reason about a lot of things

* excellent practice of memory and information collection

Examples

* piano tuners (although I hate this problem)

* bath vs showering (maybe digress into energy?)

Bibliography
* statistics hacks

* Street Fighting Mathematics

* Guesstimation

* How many Licks?