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24 alternatives to Street-Fighting Mathematics
The art of educated guessing + opportunistic problem solving
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Street-Fighting Mathematics launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Even If You Flunked Algebra
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The hidden beauty and logic of the world
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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A Guide to Better Problem Solving
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Original ideas that expand understanding of human thought
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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The Computer Science of Human Decisions
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Clever solutions to classic programming problems
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Nature's algorithms for learning and prospering in a complex
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Stephen Wolfram's new book on the Wolfram Language
2015 · wolfram.com · its alternatives →
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Data mining and data-analytic thinking
2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →
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The computer science of human decisions
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Applied mathematics to understand networks and behavior
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Overcoming the obstacles between vision and reality
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