00808nam a2200157 a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005805000230007610000170009924500630011626000400017930000320021950000500025152003350030165000140063620140310183355.0121023s19uu    xx            00    eng d  a9781846685316  aQ 175b.St749 2012  aStewart, Ian  aSeventeen equations that changed the world /cIan Stewart.  aLondon, UK :bProfile Books,c2012.  ax, 342 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index  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  aEquations