The Universe in Zero Words 在線電子書 圖書標籤: math 科學 數學 科普 外國 英文原版 無言的宇宙 英美文學
發表於2024-07-01
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評分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?
評分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?
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.
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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評分非常优秀,三天就读完了。虽然很多公式都是已经知道的,但是作者描述的每个公式的历史故事都很引人入胜。印象比较深刻的,一个是中国三国时期的刘徽,在第一部分的Equations of antiquity里反复提到,为《九章算术》作注,原来是中国古代的一个数学集大成者。最厉害的是用3072...
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評分非常优秀,三天就读完了。虽然很多公式都是已经知道的,但是作者描述的每个公式的历史故事都很引人入胜。印象比较深刻的,一个是中国三国时期的刘徽,在第一部分的Equations of antiquity里反复提到,为《九章算术》作注,原来是中国古代的一个数学集大成者。最厉害的是用3072...
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