TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mackenzie, Dana
TI  - The universe in zero words: : the story of mathematics as told through equations
SN  - 9780691160160
PY  - 2012///]
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
N1  - Introduction: the abacist versus the algorist
Part one: equations of antiquity 
Part two: equations in the age of exploration 
Part three: equations in a promethean age 
Part four: equations in our own time

N2  - 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
ER  -