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==Further reading== The following books contain many examples of Fermi problems with solutions: {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |author-link=John Harte (scientist) |first=John |last=Harte |title=Consider a Spherical Cow: A Course in Environmental Problem Solving |publisher=University Science Books |date=1988 |isbn=0-935702-58-X |oclc=1289913481 |url={{GBurl|w59Rc08_7NwC|pg=PR9}}}} *{{cite book |author-mask=1 |first=John |last=Harte |title=Consider a Cylindrical Cow: More Adventures in Environmental Problem Solving |publisher=University Science Books |date=2001 |isbn=1-891389-17-3 |oclc=45066391 |url={{GBurl|gEqAATMOpr8C|pg=PR7}}}} *{{cite book |first=Clifford |last=Swartz |title=Back-of-the-Envelope Physics |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |date=2003 |isbn=0-8018-7263-4 |oclc=50476732 |url={{GBurl|uC2j8cuqjV0C|pg=PR5}}}} *{{cite book |first=Lawrence |last=Weinstein |first2=John A. |last2=Adam |author2-link=John A. Adam (mathematician) |title=Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin |publisher=Princeton University Press |date=2008 |isbn=0-691-12949-5 |oclc=440796201 |jstor=j.ctt7sgcs |url={{GBurl|nttR5Ibb7j4C|pg=PR7}}}} A textbook on Fermi problems. *{{cite book |first=Aaron |last=Santos |title=How Many Licks?: Or, How to Estimate Damn Near Anything |publisher=Running Press |date=2009 |isbn=978-0-7624-3560-9 |oclc=431550563 |url=}} *{{cite book |first=Sanjoy |last=Mahajan |title=Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving |publisher=MIT Press |date=2010 |isbn=978-0-262-51429-3 |oclc=608692427 |url=https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5339/Street-Fighting-MathematicsThe-Art-of-Educated}} *{{cite book |first=Sanjoy |last=Mahajan |title=The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering |publisher=MIT Press |date=2014 |isbn=978-0-262-52654-8 |oclc=1311967100 |url=https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5345/The-Art-of-Insight-in-Science-and}} *{{cite book |first=Göran |last=Grimvall |title=Quantify! A Crash Course in Smart Thinking |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |date=2010 |isbn=978-0-8018-9717-7 |oclc=558666861 |url={{GBurl|5PqTZbgl-7QC|pg=PR5}}}} *{{cite book |first=Lawrence |last=Weinstein |title=Guesstimation 2.0: Solving Today's Problems on the Back of a Napkin |publisher=Princeton University Press |date=2012 |isbn=978-0-691-15080-2 |oclc=811400575 |jstor=j.cttq94ww |url={{GBurl|5zmlVcd17N8C|pg=PR7}}}} *{{cite book |first=Dmitry |last=Budker |author-link=Dmitry Budker |first2=Alexander O. |last2=Sushkov |title=Physics on your feet. Berkeley Graduate Exam Questions |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2015 |isbn=978-0-19-968165-5 |oclc=908416902 |url={{GBurl|fh1cBgAAQBAJ|pg=PR11}}}} *{{cite book |first=Rob |last=Eastaway |author-link=Rob Eastaway |title=Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever ways to (roughly) calculate anything |publisher=HarperCollins |date=2019 |isbn=978-0-00-832458-2 |oclc=1112385307 |url={{GBurl|WH-ODwAAQBAJ|pg=PT4}}}} {{refend}}
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