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050 00 $aQA211$b.M16 2012
100 1 $aMackenzie, Dana.
245 14 $aThe universe in zero words :$bthe story of mathematics as told through equations /$cDana Mackenzie.
246 30 $aStory of mathematics as told through equations
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c2012.
300 $a224 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.
505 0 $aPt. 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.
650 0 $aEquations$vPopular works.
650 0 $aMathematics$xHistory$vPopular works.