An equation for every occasion : fifty-two formulas and why they matter /
"In An Equation for Every Occasion, John M. Henshaw tells fifty-two entertaining stories, each inspired by a different mathematical equation. His succinct, easy-to-read narratives come from the spheres of sports, business, history, the arts, science, and technology. Anecdotes about famous equ...
| Основен автор: | Henshaw, John M., (Author) |
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| Други автори: | Lewis, Steven, 1989- |
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
[2014]
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Съдържание:
- Preface
- As the Earth draws the apple
- And all the children are above average
- The lady with the mystic smile
- The heart has its reasons
- AC/DC
- The Doppler effect
- Do I look fat in these jeans?
- Zeros and ones
- Tsunami
- When the chips are down
- A stretch of the imagination
- Woodstock nation
- What is [pi]?
- No sweat
- Road range
- The bends
- It's not the heat, it's the humidity
- The world's most beautiful equation
- Breaking the law
- The Mars curse
- Eureka!
- A penny saved...
- If I only had a brain
- Because it was there
- Four eyes
- Bee sting
- Here comes the sun
- A leg to stand on
- Love is a roller coaster
- Loss factor
- A slippery slope
- Transformers
- A house of cards
- Let there be light
- Smarty pants
- As old as the hills
- Can you hear me now?
- Decay heat
- Zero, one, infinity
- Terminal velocity
- Water, water, everywhere
- Dog days
- Body heat
- Red hot
- A bolt from the blue
- Like oil and water
- Fish story
- Making waves
- A drop in the bucket
- Fracking unbelievable
- Take two aspirins and call me in the morning
- The world's most famous equation
- Bibliography
- Index.