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The universe in zero wordsthe story ...

Mackenzie, Dana.

The universe in zero wordsthe story of mathematics as told through equations /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The universe in zero wordsDana Mackenzie.
Reminder of title:	the story of mathematics as told through equations /
Author:	Mackenzie, Dana.
Published:	[Princeton, NJ] :Princeton University Press,2012.
Description:	1 online resource (225 p.)
Subject:	EquationsPopular works.
Online resource:	http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/PUPB0001948.html

The universe in zero wordsthe story of mathematics as told through equations /
Mackenzie, Dana.

The universe in zero wordsthe story of mathematics as told through equations /[electronic resource] :Dana Mackenzie. - 1st ed. - [Princeton, NJ] :Princeton University Press,2012. - 1 online resource (225 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The universe in zero words: the story of mathematics as told through equations -- contents -- preface -- introduction: the abacist versus the algorist -- part one: equations of antiquity -- 1. why we believe in arithmetic the world’s simplest equation -- 2. resisting a new concept the discovery of zero -- 3. the square of the hypotenuse the pythagorean theorem -- 4. the circle game the discovery of π -- 5. from zeno’s paradoxes to the idea of infinity -- 6. a matter of leverage laws of levers -- part two: equations in the age of exploration -- 7. the stammerer’s secret cardano’s formula -- 8. order in the heavens kepler’s laws of planetary motion -- 9. writing for eternity fermat’s last theorem -- 10. an unexplored continent the fundamental theorem of calculus --

Source: 808580660001948Subjects--Topical Terms:

784575
Equations
--Popular works.

LC Class. No.: QA211 / .M16 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 512.94

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505 8 $a 11. of apples, legends … and comets newton’s laws -- 12. the great explorer euler’s theorems -- part three: equations in a promethean age -- 13. the new algebra hamilton and quaternions -- 14. two shooting stars group theory -- 15. the geometry of whales and ants non-euclidean geometry -- 16. in primes we trust the prime number theorem -- 17. the idea of spectra fourier series -- 18. a god’s-eye view of light maxwell’s equations -- part four: equations in our own time -- 19. the photoelectric effect quanta and relativity -- 20. from a bad cigar to westminster abbey dirac’s formula --
505 8 $a 21. the empire-builder the chern-gauss-bonnet equation -- 22. a little bit infinite the continuum hypothesis -- 23. theories of chaos lorenz equations -- 24. taming the tiger the black–scholes equation -- conclusion what of the future? -- acknowledgments -- bibliography -- index.
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