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035			_a(Sirsi) li0465029736
035			_a(OCoLC)744287930
037			_bPerseus Books Group, C/O Perseus Distribution 1094 Flex Dr, Jackson, TN, USA, 38301, (731)9884440 SAN 631-760X
050	1	4	_aQA21 _b.S835 2012
082	0	4	_a510.9 _223
092			_a510.9 _bSt849i
100	1		_aStewart, Ian, _d1945-
245	1	0	_aIn pursuit of the unknown : _b17 equations that changed the world / _cIan Stewart.
260			_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2012.
300			_ax, 342 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.
505	0		_aWhy 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			_aA 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	_aEquations _xHistory.
650		0	_aMathematics _xHistory.
650		0	_aPhysics _xHistory.
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