In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world /

Acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart examines the seventeen equations that have revolutionized our thinking and changed the course of history.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stewart, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, 2012.
Temas:
Physics > Popular works.
Equations.
Physique > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Équations.
equations.
MATHEMATICS > Transformations.
Equations
Physics
Gleichung
Theoretische Physik
Mathematische Physik
Mathematics > History.
Equations > History.
Physics > History.
Electronic books.
Popular works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Where next?

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