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A Brief Guide to the Great Equations: The hunt for cosmic beauty in numbers

✍ Scribed by Crease, Robert P

Book ID: 108065280
Publisher: Robinson
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Weight: 370 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781845292812

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Here are the stories of the ten most popular equations of all time as voted for by readers of Physics World, including - accessibly described here for the first time - the favourite equation of all, Euler's equation.

Each is an equation that captures with beautiful simplicity what can only be described clumsily in words. Euler's equation [eip + 1 = 0] was described by respondents as 'the most profound mathematic statement ever written', 'uncanny and sublime', 'filled with cosmic beauty' and 'mind-blowing'. Collectively these equations also amount to the world's most concise and reliable body of knowledge.

Many scientists and those with a mathematical bent have a soft spot for equations. This book explains both why these ten equations are so beautiful and significant, and the human stories behind them.

About the Author

Robert Crease is a science writer and columnist for Physics World. His previous books include The Prism and Pendulum: The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments in Science. He has also written for The Atlantic, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

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