by Ian Stewart · Profile Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781846685323
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«Seventeen Equations that Changed the World» is Ian Stewart's popular mathematics essay, published by Profile Books in hardback and in English.
The book brings together seventeen equations that marked the history of science. In accessible language, Stewart explains how Pythagoras's theorem led to GPS, how imaginary numbers feature in digital photography, and what lies behind the famous Schrödinger's cat, showing that formulas are part of everyday life.
Edition of 352 pages published on 13 June 2013. The work was originally published as «In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World».
A popular science work aimed at readers curious about mathematics and science, with no need for prior training or specialised knowledge.
Ian Nicholas Stewart is a British mathematician and a popular-science, textbooks, and science-fiction books writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, England.
