The Great Equations; Robert P. Crease; 2009; 272 pgs; Notes, index

This is a good book if your are interested in the way science and scientific thinking has evolved over the years.


The equations are:
The Pythagorean Theorem
Newtons Second Law of Motion
Newton's Law of Gravitation
Euler's Equation
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Maxwell's Equations
E=mc2 and Special Relativity
General Relativity
Schrodinger's Equation
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle


The book introduces are German word: anschaulich, which roughly means "visualizable".
The Pythagorean Theorem is anschaulich… quantum mechanics is not. 

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