Seventeen Equations that Changed the World
Stewart, Professor Ian
Profile Books Ltd, 2013
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9781846685323
- ISBN-10
- 184668532X
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Year
- 2013
- Publication date
- 2013-06-13
- Pages
- 352
- Dimensions
- 197 x 132 x 23
- Weight
- 288