This course teaches simple reasoning techniques for complex phenomena divide and conquer, dimensional analysis, extreme cases. In addition to that, continuity, scaling, successive approximation, cheap calculus, and symmetry. Examples include bird and machine flight, neuron biophysics, weather, prime numbers, and animal locomotion. It also emphasis on low-cost experiments to test ideas and on fostering curiosity about phenomena in the world.
Assessment
This course does not involve any written exams. Students need to answer 5 assignment questions to complete the course, the answers will be in the form of written work in pdf or word. Students can write the answers in their own time. Each answer needs to be 200 words (1 Page). Once the answers are submitted, the tutor will check and assess the work.
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Course Credit: MIT
Course Curriculum
Introduction | |||
Calculating logarithms using musical intervals | 00:10:00 | ||
Constants for back-of-the-envelope calculations | 00:10:00 | ||
Preview | 00:10:00 | ||
Managing complexity | 00:10:00 | ||
Pit spacing | 00:15:00 | ||
Managing complexity | |||
Tree representations | 00:10:00 | ||
Oil imports | 00:10:00 | ||
Gold or bills? | 00:05:00 | ||
Random walks | 00:10:00 | ||
Random walks for accuracy | 00:10:00 | ||
UNIX | 00:10:00 | ||
Removing spuriouscomplexity | |||
Triangle bisection | 00:10:00 | ||
Pentagonal heat flow | 00:10:00 | ||
Introduction plus spring mass period | 00:10:00 | ||
Mountain heights | 00:10:00 | ||
Animal jump heights | 00:10:00 | ||
Calculus (maximizing a quadratic) | 00:10:00 | ||
Jump heights | 00:10:00 | ||
Calculus (maximizing gain of a second-order system) | 00:10:00 | ||
Power limits to jumping | 00:10:00 | ||
Falling cones | 00:10:00 | ||
Calculus (maximizing a quadratic) | 00:10:00 | ||
Drag and jumping | 00:05:00 | ||
Cycling, swimming, flying | 00:10:00 | ||
Conservation cube | 00:10:00 | ||
Flight | 00:10:00 | ||
Flight (scaling) | 00:10:00 | ||
Flight (explicit range and speed) | 00:05:00 | ||
Algebraic symmetry | 00:10:00 | ||
Economics example; pyramid example | 00:10:00 | ||
Dimensionless groups | 00:10:00 | ||
Hydrogen size | 00:10:00 | ||
Densities | 00:05:00 | ||
Hydrogen size by physics | 00:10:00 | ||
Long-lasting learning 1 | 00:10:00 | ||
Bending of light | 00:10:00 | ||
Long-lasting learning 2 | 00:15:00 | ||
Buckingham Pi Theorem | 00:10:00 | ||
Discarding actual complexity | |||
Pyramid volume | 00:10:00 | ||
Pulley acceleration | 00:10:00 | ||
Drag! | 00:30:00 | ||
Random walks and keeping warm | 00:10:00 | ||
Waves | 00:10:00 | ||
Assessment | |||
Submit Your Assignment | 00:00:00 | ||
Certification | 00:00:00 |
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