Principles
(Section 7.5 of
Programming Pearls)
When you use back-of-the-envelope calculations,
be sure to recall Einstein's famous advice.
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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but
no simpler.
We know that simple calculations aren't too simple
by including safety factors to compensate for our
mistakes in estimating parameters and our ignorance of
the problem at hand.
Next: Section 7.6. Problems.
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