The Great Equations : Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg By Crease, Robert P. Publisher : W W Norton & Co Inc Published Date : 2010/01 Binding : Paperback ISBN : 9780393337938 BookWeb Price : MYR 62.21 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : MYR 55.98 Availability Status : Available for order from suppliers. Usually dispatches within 3 weeks. Language : English

 
Introduction                                       13
CHAPTER ONE "The Basis of Civilization": The       21
Pythagorean Theorem
Interlude: Rules, Proofs, and the Magic of         42
Mathematics
CHAPTER TWO "The Soul of Classical Mechanics":     46
Newton's Second Law of Motion
Interlude: The Book of Nature                      65
CHAPTER THREE "The High Point of the Scientific    69
Revolution": Newton's Law of Universal
Gravitation
Interlude: That Apple                              88
CHAPTER FOUR "The Gold Standard for                91
Mathematical Beauty": Euler's Equation
Interlude: Equations as Icons                      107
CHAPTER FIVE The Scientific Equivalent of          111
Shakespeare: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Interlude: The Science of Impossibility            128
CHAPTER SIX "The Most Significant Event of the     132
19th Century": Maxwell's Equations
Interlude: Overcoming Anosognosia; or Restoring    152
the Vitality of the Humanities
CHAPTER SEVEN Celebrity Equation: E = mcｲ          156
Interlude: Crazy Ideas                             180
CHAPTER EIGHT The Golden Egg: Einstein's           185
Equation for General Relativity
Interlude: Science Critics                         209
CHAPTER NINE "The Basic Equation of Quantum        214
Theory": Schringer's Equation
Interlude: The Double Consciousness of             230
Scientists
CHAPTER TEN Living with Uncertainty: The           235
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Interlude: The Yogi and the Quantum                261
Conclusion: Bringing the Strange Home              266
Notes                                              273
Illustration Credits                               299
Acknowledgments                                    301
Index                                              303