TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crease, Robert P 
TI  - The great equations: : Breakthroughs in science from pytagoras to heisenberg
SN  - 9780393337938
AV  - Q175 
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - NewYork
PB  - W W Norton & Company
N1  - Ch 1 -  "The Basis of Civilization": The Pythagorean Theorem 21 Interlude: Rules, Proofs, and the Magic of Mathematics
Ch 2 -  "The Soul of Classical Mechanics": Newton's Second Law of Motion 
Ch 3 -  "The High Point of the Scientific Revolution": Newton's Law of Universal Gravitatio
Ch 4 -  "The Gold Standard for Mathematical Beauty", Euler's Equation 
Ch 5 -  The Scientific Equivalent of Shakespeare: The Second Law of Thermodynamics 
Ch 6 -  "The Most Significant Event of the 19th Century": Maxwell's Equations 
Ch 7 -  Celebrity Equation: E = mc² 
Ch 8 -  The Golden Egg: Einstein's Equation for General Relativity 
Ch 9 -  "The Basic Equation of Quantum Theory": Schrödinger's Equation
Ch 10 -  Living with Uncertainty: The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle


N2  - With vignettes full of humor, drama, and eccentricity, philosopher and science historian Robert P. Crease shares the stories behind ten of history’s greatest equations, from the "first equation," 1 + 1 = 2, which promises a rational, well-ordered world, to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, which reveals the limitations of human knowledge. For every equation, Crease provides a brief account of who discovered it, what dissatisfactions lay behind its discovery, and what the equation says about the nature of our world
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