The Resource In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world, Ian Stewart, (electronic resource)
In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world, Ian Stewart, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart examines the seventeen equations that have revolutionized our thinking and changed the course of history
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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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?
- Isbn
- 9780465029747
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- Label
- In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world
- Title
- In pursuit of the unknown
- Title remainder
- 17 equations that changed the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Ian Stewart
- Title variation
- 17 equations that changed the world
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart examines the seventeen equations that have revolutionized our thinking and changed the course of history
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stewart, Ian
- Dewey number
- 511.326
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA21
- LC item number
- .S834 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mathematics
- Equations
- Physics
- Mathematics
- Label
- In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world, Ian Stewart, (electronic resource)
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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?
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780465029747
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Note
- EBOOK
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 44BD71E7-B76C-43F6-A357-A4C2C5CE35FE
- System control number
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- 1004420
- (OCoLC)ocm782879167
- 4541-94360
- (OCoLC)782879167
- (OCoLC)ocn782879167
- (OUa)vtls000873678
- 1004420
- Label
- In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world, Ian Stewart, (electronic resource)
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- 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?
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780465029747
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Note
- EBOOK
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 44BD71E7-B76C-43F6-A357-A4C2C5CE35FE
- System control number
-
- 1004420
- (OCoLC)ocm782879167
- 4541-94360
- (OCoLC)782879167
- (OCoLC)ocn782879167
- (OUa)vtls000873678
- 1004420
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