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An edition of In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World (2012)

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Language
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342

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Mathematics, Equations, Physics, History, Long Now Manual for Civilization, award:euler_book_prize, Gleichung, Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Mathematics, history, Physics, history, Matemáticas, Historia, Obras de divulgación, HistoryPopular works, Ecuaciones, Ciencia, Obras de Divulgación, Popular science books, Física

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Table of Contents

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 : Schrödinger equation
Codes, communications, and computers : information theory
The imbalance of nature : chaos theory
The Midas formula : Black-Scholes equation
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.

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17 equations that changed the world

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QA21 .S834 2012

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OL25339436M
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