In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World by Ian Stewart (Paperback, 2013)

T.H.E. Perseus Books Group, Basic Books

0465085989

9780465085989

176588313

Ian Stewart

Trade Paperback (Us), Paperback

English

Mathematics & Sciences

Textbook

357g

210mm

140mm

New York

22mm

Why Equations? 1. The squaw on the hippopotamus 2. Shortening the proceedings 3. Ghosts of departed quantities 4. The system of the world 5. Portent of the ideal world 6. Much ado about knotting 7. Patterns of chance 8. Good vibrations 9. Ripples and blips 10. The ascent of humanity 11. Waves in the ether 12. Law and disorder 13. One thing is absolute 14. Quantum weirdness 15. Codes, communications, and computers 16. The imbalance of nature 17. The Midas formula Where Next?

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