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9781567314052

Five Equations That Changed the World : The Power and Poetry of Mathematics

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  • ISBN13:

    9781567314052

  • ISBN10:

    1567314058

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-07-01
  • Publisher: Fine Communications

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As a regular contributor to daytime's most popular morning news show and an instructor at Harvard University, Dr. Michael Guillen unravels the equations that have led to the inventions and events that characterize the modern world. The stories behind Five Equations That Changed the World are not only chronicles of science, but also gripping dramas of jealousy, fame, war, and discovery.

Table of Contents

Mathematical Poetry
1(8)
Introduction
Apples and Oranges
9(56)
Isaac Newton and the Universal Law of Gravity F = G x M x m ÷ d2
Between a Rock and a Hard Life
65(54)
Daniel Bernoulli and the Law of Hydrodynamic Pressure P + p x 1/2 v2 = CONSTANT
Class Act
119(46)
Michael Faraday and the Law of Electromagnetic Induction &navla; x E = -∂B/∂t
An Unprofitable Experience
165(50)
Rudolf Clausius and the Second Law of Thermodynamics ΔS universe > 0
Curiosity Killed the Lights
215(52)
Albert Einstein and the Theory of Special Relativity E = m x c2
Index 267

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