An edition of It must be beautiful
(2002)
It must be beautiful
great equations of modern science
by Graham Farmelo
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A series of essays on the most famous equations of modern science by experts in their fields.
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Équations, Natuurwetenschappen, Science, Histoire, Sciences, Vergelijkingen (wiskunde), Equations, HistoryTimes
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It must be beautiful: great equations of modern science
2002, Granta
in English
1862074798 9781862074798
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Table of Contents
It must be beautiful -- Graham Farmelo
A revolution with no revolutionaries : the Planck-Einstein equation for the energy of a quantum -- Graham Farmelo
The sextant equation : E = mc2 -- Peter Galison
The rediscovery of gravity : the Einstein equation of general relativity -- Roger Penrose
Erotica, aesthetics and Schrödinger's wave equation -- Arthur I. Miller
A piece of magic : the Dirac equation -- Frank Wilczek
Understanding information, bit by bit : Shannon's equations -- Igor Aleksander
Hidden symmetry : the Yang-Mills equation -- Christine Sutton.
A mirror in the sky : the Drake equation -- Oliver Morton
Equations of life : the mathematics of evolution -- John Maynard Smith
The best possible time to be alive : the logistic map -- Robert May
An environmental fairy tale : the Molina-Rowland chemical equations and the CFC problem -- Aisling Irwin
Afterword : how great equations survive -- Steven Weinberg.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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