In Pursuit of the Unknown. Book Summary

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Ian Stewart

What’s inside

The book explores seventeen groundbreaking equations that have significantly influenced the course of human history.

You’ll Learn

  • Understanding the historical impact of mathematical equations
  • Appreciating the interplay between mathematics and physics
  • Gaining insights into the minds of world’s greatest mathematicians
  • Learning about the evolution of scientific thought

Key Points

  • Pythagoras’s Theorem and its impact
  • Newton’s Law of Gravity and universal motion
  • Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
  • Maxwell’s Equation and electromagnetic waves
  • Schrödinger’s Quantum Mechanics

Who’s it For

  • Historians
  • Mathematicians
  • Scientists
  • Students
  • Anyone interested in the history of mathematical equations

About the author

Ian Stewart is a British mathematician, a prolific author and a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick.