Order of Magnitude Physics: A Textbook with Applications to the Retinal Rod and the Density of Prime Numbers
<p>I develop tools to amplify our mental senses: our intuition and reasoning abilities. The first five chapters—based on the Order of Magnitude Physics class taught at Caltech by Peter Goldreich and Sterl Phinney—form part of a textbook on dimensional analysis, approximation, and physical reas...
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https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/5338/1/Mahajan_s_1998.pdfMahajan, Sanjoy Sondhi (1998) Order of Magnitude Physics: A Textbook with Applications to the Retinal Rod and the Density of Prime Numbers. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/8MJZ-A984. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10302009-110303489 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10302009-110303489>