In pursuit of the unknown : (Record no. 3181)

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International Standard Book Number 0465029736 : HRD
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International Standard Book Number 9780465029730
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037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Source of stock number/acquisition Perseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 SAN 631-760X
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Item number .S835 2012
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Classification number 510.9
Edition information 23
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Classification number 510.9
Item number St849i
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Stewart, Ian,
Dates associated with a name 1945-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title In pursuit of the unknown :
Remainder of title 17 equations that changed the world /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Ian Stewart.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Basic Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2012.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent x, 342 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Equations
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Mathematics
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Physics
General subdivision History.
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Odessa College Odessa College Stacks 05/07/2012 27.00   510.9 ST849I 51994001662198 1 Books