Five Equations That Changed the World
It was through the brilliance of five fascinating people - Michael Faraday, Daniel Bernoulli, Isaac Newton, Rudolf Clausius and Albert Einstein - that we were able to harness the power of electricity, fly in aeroplanes, land astronauts on the moon, build a nuclear bomb, and understand the mortality of all life on Earth.
In accessible yet unpatronising language, Dr Michael Guillen re-creates the political debates, social upheaval, religious sanctions, family tragedies and personal ambitions that contributed to each man's work, illuminating the secret world of mathematics in a dramatic and personal way that will entertain as well as enlighten.
277 pages, 7 editions
English edition · First published 1995 by Abacus · ISBN 9780349110646
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Editions
7 editions
English
- Five Equations That Changed the World · Abacus · 1999 · ISBN 9780349110646 This page
- Five Equations That Changed the World · Hachette · 2012 · ISBN 9781401304911
- Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics · Abacus · 1999 · ISBN 9780349107776
- Five Equations That Changed the World · San Val · 1996 · ISBN 9781417722587
- Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics · Hyperion · 1995 · ISBN 9780786881871
- Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics · Hyperion · 1995 · ISBN 9780786861033
- Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics · Little, Brown · 1995 · ISBN 9780316910873
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