In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world / Ian Stewart.
Publication details: New York : Basic Books, 2012.Description: x, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780465029730
- 0465029736
- 17 equations that changed the world
- QA21 .S834 2012
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.
Why equations? -- The squaw on the hippopotamus : Pythagoras's theorem -- Shortening the proceedings : logarithms -- Ghosts of departed quantities : calculus -- The system of the world : Newton's law of gravity -- Portent of the ideal world : the scare root of minus one -- Much ado about knotting : Euler's formula for polyhedra -- Patterns of chance : normal distribution -- Good vibrations : wave equation -- Ripples and blips : Fourier transform -- The ascent of humanity : Navier-Stokes equation -- Waves in the ether : Maxwell's equations -- Law and disorder : second law of thermodynamics -- One thing is absolute : relativity -- Quantum weirdness : SchroÌdinger equation -- Codes, communications, and computers : information theory -- The imbalance of nature : chaos theory -- The Midas formula : Black-Scholes equation -- Where next?