With respect to "Fermi Problem" two things. First MIT is offering
"Street-Fighting
Math <http://www.edx.org/course/mitx/mitx-6-sfmx-street-fighting-math-1501>:
Teaches, as the antidote to rigor mortis, the art of educated guessing and
opportunistic problem solving." as a MOOC (free!) starting in March.

Second, my favorite dimensional analysis problem: you presumably know that
the fuel efficiency of a car is often expressed as litres of petrol per
100km, right? Well, litres of petrol are a volume measure, and 100km is a
length measure. Volume is length^3, so litres of petrol per 100km is
length^3/length = length^2

What might the "real world" significance of this area be? (Answer later if
no one gets/spoils it.)

-- Charles

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