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Creating and managing ideas
The goal of the assigment is to make a pitch for an idea, but in written form. I do not want you to simply transcribe your various pitches onto paper – that would be entirely lame. Instead I want you to consider how to use the medium of written language to your advantage. Writen briefs are used to make written pitches – so instead of going into someones office to pitch them, you write it down and send it (or email/fax it in).Simple reasoning techniques for complex phenomena: divide and conquer, dimensional analysis, extreme cases, continuity, scaling, successive approximation, balancing, cheap calculus, and symmetry. Applications from physical and biological sciences, mathematics, and engineering. Examples include bird and machine flight, neuron biophysics, weather, prime numbers, and animal locomotion. Emphasis on low-cost experiments to test ideas and on fostering curiosity about phenomena in the world. Rough grading philosophy | How to do reading memos | Assignment schedule | Revised grading policy | (comments on the revised policy) | (comments on the draft policy) | Bibliography for the readings | Numbers for the backs of envelopes | Singing logarithms | Trignometric integral
6.055J/2.038J: Art of approximation in science and engineering
An inspiring trip to Haiti and publishing educational materials that matter: read about it in the newest letter from executive director Cecilia d'Oliveira.
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