In pursuit of the unknown 17 equations that changed the world / Ian Stewart.
| Author/creator | Stewart, Ian, 1945- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Basic Books, |
| Description | x, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | 17 equations that changed the world |
| 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 -- Where next? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011944850 |
| ISBN | 9780465029730 |
| ISBN | 0465029736 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |