In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world /
Stewart, Ian, 1945-
In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world / Ian Stewart. - New York : Basic Books, 2012. - x, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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 -- Qua
A guide to the major building blocks of contemporary mathematics--from the Pythagorian Theorem to Einstein's theory of relativity--explores how these equations are at the root of human progress.
0465029736 : HRD $26.99 9780465029730
Perseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 SAN 631-760X
bl2012008933
Equations--History.
Mathematics--History.
Physics--History.
QA21 / .S835 2012
510.9
In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world / Ian Stewart. - New York : Basic Books, 2012. - x, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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 -- Qua
A guide to the major building blocks of contemporary mathematics--from the Pythagorian Theorem to Einstein's theory of relativity--explores how these equations are at the root of human progress.
0465029736 : HRD $26.99 9780465029730
Perseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 SAN 631-760X
bl2012008933
Equations--History.
Mathematics--History.
Physics--History.
QA21 / .S835 2012
510.9