From Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict markets, equations are everywhere and are fundamental to daily life. The book “Seven Equations that Changed the World” examines seventeen revolutionary equations that have changed the course of human history. It explores how Pythagoras' 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 really happens with “Schrodinger's cat.”
Entertaining, astonishing, and highly informative, “Seven Equations that Changed the World” is an original exploration - and explanation - of life on earth.
Pages: 352, Dimensions: 13x13cm
Manufacturer
- Author
- Ian Stewart
- Publisher
- Abrams & Chronicle Books
- Type
- Cosmology
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 352
- Publication Date
- 2013
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781846685323
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