The universe in zero words (Record no. 660)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780691160160
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Original cataloging agency ICTS-TIFR
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Personal name Mackenzie, Dana
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Title The universe in zero words
Remainder of title : the story of mathematics as told through equations
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Princeton University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [c2012]
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Jersey:
300 ## - Physical Description
Pages: 224 p.
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Formatted contents note Introduction: the abacist versus the algorist<br/>Part one: equations of antiquity <br/>Part two: equations in the age of exploration <br/>Part three: equations in a promethean age <br/>Part four: equations in our own time <br/>
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Summary, etc. The Universe in Zero Words tells the history of twenty-four great and beautiful equations that have shaped mathematics, science, and society--from the elementary (1+1=2) to the sophisticated (the Black-Scholes formula for financial derivatives), and from the famous (E=mc2) to the arcane (Hamilton's quaternion equations). Mackenzie, who has been called "a popular-science ace" by Booklistmagazine, lucidly explains what each equation means, who discovered it (and how), and how it has affected our lives.
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