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Dana Mackenzie is a frequent contributor to Science, Discover, and New Scientist, and writes the biennial series What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences for the American Mathematical Society. In 2012, he received the prestigious Communications Award from the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics. He has a PhD in mathematics from Princeton and was a mathematics professor for thirteen years before becoming a full-time writer.
- math
- 科学
- 数学
- 科普
- 外国
- 英文原版
- 无言的宇宙
- 英美文学
Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics - the universal language of science - keep the masterpieces of the subject hidden behind a veil? "The Universe in Zero Words" tells the history of twenty-four great and beautiful equations that have shaped mathematics, science, and society - from the elementary (1+1=2) to the sophisticated (the Black-Scholes formula for financial derivatives), and from the famous (E=mc2) to the arcane (Hamilton's quaternion equations). Mackenzie, who has been called 'a popular-science ace' by Booklist magazine, lucidly explains what each equation means, who discovered it (and how), and how it has affected our lives. Illustrated in color throughout, the book tells the human and often-surprising stories behind the invention or discovery of the equations, from how a bad cigar changed the course of quantum mechanics to why whales (if they could communicate with us) would teach us a totally different concept of geometry. At the same time, the book shows why these equations have something timeless to say about the universe, and how they do it with an economy (zero words) that no other form of human expression can match. "The Universe in Zero Words" is the ultimate introduction and guide to equations that have changed the world.
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前段时间在通勤时看了好几本老舍的大作，觉得有点“腻”了，换个口味吧。拿一本《无言的宇宙》翻了翻，觉得还蛮有味道的，遂决定抽空是看一个公式、梳理一下对应的证明（本篇未完待时不时续一个公式）。 一、No.1 横空出世的第一个公式是什么呢？ 如果是您选，如何在绚烂的方程...
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评分 评分仔细想想，在我们的生命里，似乎还是有那样一段时间，我们是喜欢数学的。那段时间，可能起始于你用刚学会的算术，帮妈妈算明白了白天买菜的账；或者是用新买的圆规，在多次尝试后终于画出了一个完美的圆。可是多年以后，我想对于大多数人，“数学”的乐趣，似乎早已被课堂上...
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A well-written, well-organized and well-displayed book that walks you through the time. Some knowledge of high mathematics are required to fully enjoy part 3 and 4. If math is only a language that human creates to describe the universe, how could it be so elegant, precise and universal?
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评分令人手不释卷，一气呵成读完。
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评分由浅入深，一章一个数学概念，科普
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