Sanjoy Mahajan is associate professor of Applied Science and Engineering at Olin College, where he develops and teaches innovative approaches to physics, mathematics, and problem-solving. Mahajan earned his undergraduate degree before completing his Ph.D. in physics at Caltech, where his fellowship began in 1995. He is widely known for his books on mathematical reasoning and estimation, including The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering (formerly Street-Fighting Mathematics) and Street-Fighting Mathematics—practical guides to developing physical and mathematical intuition for complex problems. He has also contributed to physics education reform and the application of analogical reasoning in STEM pedagogy.
Sanjoy Mahajan, PhD
1995 HERTZ FELLOW
MAKING HISTORY
EDUCATION
Graduate Studies
California Institute of Technology
Physics
Graduate Thesis
Order of Magnitude Physics: A Textbook with Applications to the Retinal Rod and to the Density of Prime Numbers
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