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Introduction 13
Ch. 1 "The Basis of Civilization": The Pythagorean Theorem 21
Interlude Rules, Proofi, and the Magic of Mathematics 42
Ch. 2 "The Soul of Classical Mechanics": Newton's Second Law of Motion 46
Interlude The Book of Nature 65
Ch. 3 "The High Point of the Scientific Revolution": Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation 69
Interlude That Apple 88
Ch. 4 "The Gold Standard for Mathematical Beauty": Euler's Equation 91
Interlude Equations as Icons 107
Ch. 5 The Scientific Equivalent of Shakespeare: The Second Law of Thermodynamies 111
Interlude The Science of Impossibility 128
Ch. 6 "The Most Significant Event of the 19th Century": Maxwell's Equations 132
Interlude Overcoming Anosognosia; or Restoring the Vitality of the Humanities 152
Ch. 7 Celebrity Equation: E = mc[superscript 2] 156
Interlude Crazy Ideas 180
Ch. 8 The Golden Egg: Einstein's Equation for General Relativity 185
Interlude Science Critics 209
Ch. 9 "The Basic Equation of Quantum Theory": Schrodinger's Equation 214
Interlude The Double Consciousness of Scientists 230
Ch. 10 Living with Uncertainty: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle 235
Interlude The Yogi and the Quantum 261
Conclusion: Bringing the Strange Home 266
Notes 273
Illustration Credits 299
Index 303
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Jocelyn Gagnon
reviewed The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg on July 22, 2017
The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg
Excellent presentation of the history behind ten of the most famous equations in science. I would have liked more technical detail. I can see glossing over the derivation of a physical law involving tensor calculus, but Pythagoras's own proof of his famous theorem should be within the grasp of this book's audience.
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Add The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg, Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place.—Publishers Weekly While we may be familiar with some of science's greatest equations, we may not know that each and every equation emerged not in Eurek, The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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Add The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg, Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place.—Publishers Weekly While we may be familiar with some of science's greatest equations, we may not know that each and every equation emerged not in Eurek, The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg to your collection on WonderClub |
