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17 Equations That Changed The World
17 Equations that Changed the World
Book Category:
Science > General
Author:
Ian Stewart
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN 13:
9781846685323
Price:
GBP 8.99
Publication Year:
2013

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From Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere - and they are fundamental to everyday life.

Seventeen Equations that Changed the World examines seventeen groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. He explores how Pythagoras's Theorem led to GPS and SatNav; how logarithms are applied in architecture; why imaginary numbers were important in the development of the digital camera, and what is really going on with Schr?dinger's cat.

Entertaining, surprising and vastly informative, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World is a highly original exploration - and explanation - of life on earth.