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17 Equations That Changed the World [UK] Written by Ian Stewartcompleted 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 —Reads9.2Score—Shelves