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020 _a9781846685316
050 _aQ 175
_b.St749 2012
100 _aStewart, Ian
245 _aSeventeen equations that changed the world /
_cIan Stewart.
260 _aLondon, UK :
_bProfile Books,
_c2012.
300 _ax, 342 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520 _aFrom Newton's Law of Gravity to the Black-Scholes model used by bankers to predict the markets, equations, are everywhere - and they are fundamental to everyday life. In this book, the author sets out seventeen equations that have altered the course of human history. It is also an exploration - and explanation - of life on earth
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