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The great equations, breakthroughs in science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg, Robert P. Crease

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The great equations, breakthroughs in science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg, Robert P. Crease

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-298) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great equations

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

227016304

Responsibility statement

Robert P. Crease

Sub title

breakthroughs in science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg

Summary

Shares behind-the-scenes stories for ten of the most significant equations in human history, covering a range of topics, from Feynman's statement about Maxwell's pivotal electromagnetic equations and the influence of Newton's law of gravitation to the reason Euler's formula has been called "God's equation" and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

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