Equations are the basic laws of the world and have changed the destiny of mankind. From the wave equation, Maxwell's equations, to the Black-Scholes equation used to predict financial markets, equations are everywhere in life. How did the Pythagoras theorem give rise to the global satellite positioning system? How are logarithms used in architecture? Why are imaginary numbers so important to the development of digital cameras? What happened to Schrödinger's cat? …
This book selects 17 equations that have had an important impact on human society, tells the historical stories behind them in a vivid and interesting way, and how they promote the development of human civilization, and creatively explores and explains everything on the earth from a mathematical perspective.
Reader comments
I especially like the part about the global satellite positioning system in the book. It turns out that the Pythagoras theorem plays such an important role in it. "No two things can be more equal", this sentence also impressed me, a simple and direct expression of mathematical accuracy. Recommended to friends who are interested in science and mathematics!
The writing is quite good, but I feel that the quantum mechanics is not that in-depth.
It's good-looking and worth reading again and again. I plan to read this book 20 times.
I especially like the part about the global satellite positioning system in the book. It turns out that the Pythagoras theorem plays such an important role in it. "No two things can be more equal", this sentence also impressed me, a simple and direct expression of mathematical accuracy. Recommended to friends who are interested in science and mathematics!
The writing is quite good, but I feel that the quantum mechanics is not that in-depth.
It's good-looking and worth reading again and again. I plan to read this book 20 times.