It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science - Couverture souple

Farmelo, Graham

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1862075557 ISBN 13 : 9781862075559

Editeur : Granta Books, 2003

Synopsis

The exact sciences have an immense weight and influence in our culture. At the heart of their effectiveness lies the mathematical equation. The difficult form of the great equations - particularly those of modern physics - has often acted as an obstacle to any understanding and they have come to embody the mystery and terror of modern science. This volume brings together well-known scientists, historians and writers about science as each seeks to unpack an equation and explain how it was arrived at, what it can do and what remains to be understood about it. The contributors include Roger Penrose, John Maynard Smith, Arthur Miller, Steven Weinberg and Oliver Morton.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Roger Penrose on Einstein's equations of General Relativity; John Maynard Smith on the equation in biology; Peter Galison, of Harvard University, on E=mc2; Robert May, President of the Royal Society, on the quadratic map; Graham Farmelo, Deputy Head of the Science Museum, on the Planck equation; Arthur Miller on the wave equation of Erwin Schrodinger; Oliver Morton, the award winning science journalist, on the Drake equation that predicts the likelihood of life beyond earth; a general essay by Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize laureate and author of Dreams of a Final Theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1862075557
• ISBN 13: 9781862075559
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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• Personne responsable: non disponible