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In pursuit of the unknown : 17 equations that changed the world / Ian Stewart.
- Description: x, 342 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2012.
- ISBN: 9780465029730 :
- ISBN: 0465029736
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- 4 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
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0 current holds with 5 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Main | NEW | QA 21 .S834 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 510.9/Stewart (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gordon College | Unset | (Text to phone) | On order | - |
| Marblehead | Adult Nonfiction | 511.326 STEWART 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Phillips OWHL | Main Lobby New NonFiction | 511.3 ST28IN (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Contents: | Why equations? -- The squaw of 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 sqaure 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 -- What next? |
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| Added title: | 17 equations that changed the world |
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