| Description |
xvi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 20cm |
| Contents |
Foreword: it must be beautiful -- A revolution with no revolutionaries: the Planck-Einstein equation for the energy of a quantum -- The best possible time to be alive: the logistic map -- A mirror in the sky: the Drake equaiton -- The sextant equation: E = mc2 -- An environmental fairy tale: the Molina-Rowland chemical equation and the CFC problem -- Erotica, aesthetics and Schrodinger's wave equation -- A piece of magic: the Dirac equation -- Equations of life: the mathematics of evolution -- The rediscovery of gravity: the Einstein equation of general relativity -- Understanding information, bit by bit: Shannon's equations -- Hidden symmetry: the Yang-Mills equation -- Afterword: how great equations survive |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-273) and index |
| Subject |
Science -- History -- 20th century.
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Equations.
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| Author |
Farmelo, Graham.
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| ISBN |
1862074798 : |
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1862075557 paperback |
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