Seventeen Equations that Changed the World

ISBN-13: 9781846685323 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 352 str.

Ian Stewart

Opis

Examines seventeen groundbreaking equations that have altered the course of human history. This book explores how Pythagoras' Theorem led to GPS and SatNav; how logarithms are applied in architecture; why imaginary numbers were important in the development of the digital camera, and what is really going on with Schrodinger's cat.