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There are certain things that don't make sense to calculate e. If you're the first one to suggest it to me and it ends up in a book, I'll definitely put you in the acknowledgments. A: Surprisingly, yes. Some of them are actually pretty close to the correct answer, but I make no promises.

Remember, the book only teaches you how to estimate things and think about numbers. It's not a book of factoids. Q: I like the title and the picture with the slobber. How did you come up with that? A: I can't take credit for either. Both were suggestions by some of the many hardworking people at Running Press that helped make this book possible. A: We had a few You can win a free copy of How Many Licks?

Here's how it works On December 15, I'll post a Fermi question on my Twitter account. To enter, estimate an answer and send it to me at aaron at aaronsantos dot com. If your answer is the closest to the one I come up with, I'll mail you free signed copy.

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For all those questions that keep you up at night, here's the way to answer them. And the beauty of it is that it's all approximate! Using Enrico Fermi's theory of approximation, Santos brings the world of numbers into perspective. For puzzle junkies and trivia fanatics, these 70 word puzzles will show the reader how to take a bit of information, add what they already know, and extrapolate an answer.

Santos has done the impossible: make math and the multiple possibilities of numbers fun and informative. Can you really cry a river? Is it possible to dig your way out of jail with just a teaspoon and before your life sentence is up? Taking an academic subject and using it as the prism to view everyday off-the-wall questions as math problems to be solved is a natural step for the lovers of sudoku, cryptograms, word puzzles, and other thought-provoking games.

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I would recommend this book to anyone who says "I don't know and I can't even think where to start with answering your question" when asked things like "approximately how many electricians are there in Manchester? While the answer to that question may not be important, the skill of being about to estimate and calibrate is very useful in both our work and personal lives. And too often managers are unable to work out reasonable estimates or guidelines for their teams because they don't know the I would recommend this book to anyone who says "I don't know and I can't even think where to start with answering your question" when asked things like "approximately how many electricians are there in Manchester?

And too often managers are unable to work out reasonable estimates or guidelines for their teams because they don't know the right questions to ask or how to do the simple calculations to get to the estimate. I had high hopes for this book and wanted a variety of estimation tools and forms of calculations that we could use. For instance, the author could have included examples where there is a top down and bottom up calculation and shown how close or far apart the answers might be using the different approaches.

The strength of the book is that it simplifies maths in a way that I think is accessible to most people and holds your hand through the problems. And so I thought the book started out very well. How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop? How many people are having sex at this moment? How long would it take a monkey on a typewriter to produce the plays of Shakespeare? For all those questions that keep you up at night, here's the way to answer them. And the beauty of it is that it's all approximate!

Using Enrico Fermi's theory of approximation, Santos brings the world of numbers into perspective. For puzzle junkies and trivia fanatics, these 70 word puzzles will show the reader how to take a bit of information, add what they already know, and extrapolate an answer. Santos has done the impossible: make math and the multiple possibilities of numbers fun and informative.