| Descript |
342 s. ; 3.6 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index |
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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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Matematik -- historia
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Fysik -- historia
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Mathematics -- History
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Equations -- History
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Physics -- History
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| Classmark |
511.326
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17 equations that changed the world |
| ISBN/ISSN |
9780465029730 |
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