An edition of The universe in zero words
(2012)
The universe in zero words
the story of mathematics as told through equations
by Dana Mackenzie
- 0 Ratings
- 2 Want to read
- 0 Currently reading
- 0 Have read
Share
×Close
This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one?
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Showing 3 featured editions. View all 3 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Universe in Zero Words: The Story of Mathematics As Told Through Equations
2013, Princeton University Press
in English
0691160163 9780691160160
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
|
2
Universe in Zero Words: The Story of Mathematics as Told Through Equations
2012, Princeton University Press
in English
1400841682 9781400841684
|
zzzz
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
3
The universe in zero words: the story of mathematics as told through equations
2012, Princeton University Press
in English
0691152829 9780691152820
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
Pt. 1. Equations of antiquity
1. Why we believe in arithmatic: the world's simplest equation
2. Resisting a new concept: the discovery of zero
3. The square of the hypotenuse: the Pythagorean theorem
4. The circle game: the discovery of [pi]
From Zeno's paradoxes to the idea of infinity
6. A matter of leverage: laws of levers
Pt. 2. Equations in the age of exploration
7. the stammerer's secret: Cardano's formula
8. Order in the heavens: Kepler's laws of planetary motion
9. Writing for eternity: Fermat's last theorem
10. An unexplored continent: the fundamental theorem of calculus
11. Of apples, legends ... and comets: Newton's laws
12. The great explorer: Euler's therems
Pt. 3 Equations in a promethean age
13. The new algebra: Hamilton and quaternions
14. Two shooting stars: group theory
15. The geometry of whales and ants: non-Euclidean geometry
16. In primes we trust: the prime number theorem
17. The idea of spectra: Fourier series
18. A god's-eye view of light: Maxwell's equations
Pt. 4. Equations in our own time
19. The photoelectric effect: quanta and relativity
20. From a bad cigar to Westminster Abbey: Dirac's formula
21. The empire-builder: the Chern-Gauss-Bonnet equation
22. A little bit infinite: the Continuum Hypothesis
23. Theories of chaos: Lorenz equations
24. Taming the tiger: the Black-Scholes equation.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?
History
- Created July 25, 2012
- 9 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| May 4, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| March 7, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| January 19, 2023 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| December 22, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| July 25, 2012 | Created by LC Bot | Imported from Library of Congress MARC record. |