About this title: The exact sciences have an immense weight and influence in our culture. At the heart of their effectiveness lies the mathematical equation. The difficult form of the great equations - particularly those of modern physics - has often acted as an obstacle to any understanding and they have come to embody the mystery and terror of modern science. This volume brings together some living scientists, historians and writers about science. They each seek to unpack an equation so that it becomes understandable. The contributors include Roger Penrose, John Maynard Smith, Arthur Miller, Steven Weinberg ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2002-03
ISBN-13:9781862074798ISBN:1862074798
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books, Great Britain
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781862074798ISBN:1862074798
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2002-02
ISBN-13:9781862074798ISBN:1862074798
Description: Very Good. Granta Books [Published date: 2002]. Hard cover, 283 pp. First printing (full number lien). Very good in very good dust jacket. Green paper over boards with silver lettering on spine. Light bumping along edges. Spine just slightly cocked but binding is still nice and tight. Small "T" on back past down in blue ink. Otherwise pages are crisp, clean and bright with no markings. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and light creasing along edges and flaps. Light overall rubbing. NOT price ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781862074798ISBN:1862074798
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 308 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Blue illustrated jacket. Very light shelfwear to jacket edges. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Granta Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781862075559ISBN:1862075557
Description: As New. 5 x 8. Provides illuminating essays on the origins of landmarks of scientific thinking. Includes: The Planck-Einstein Equation, The Drake Equation, The Mathematics of Evolution, The Yang-Mills Equation, among others. read more
Edition: 2nd Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books, London, UK
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781862074798ISBN:1862074798
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books
Date Published: 2002-02
ISBN-13:9781862074798ISBN:1862074798
Description: Like New. Like new softcover in excellent condition, no writing, non-smoking home, clean text, binding tight, Christian business. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Granta Books, U.K.
Date Published: 2003
Description: Fair. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Covers creased. Edges rubbed. 35 mm tear to bottom spine end. Damp staining to some pages. Signed by author to title page. Creasing/tear to bottom of first page. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Granta Books, London, England
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781862074798ISBN:1862074798
Description: Fine in hardcover in Fine dustjacket. 24 by 16 cm. 283 pages. Gift quality book. Blue cover with silver lettering on spine. Bright, clean. read more
Description: Very good. Title page may be missing or torn. UNREAD but may have a crease or mark or minor imperfections. In stock-Sent fast from British booksellers. read more
"Good, not great, or perhaps my math skills just aren't quite up to the level of this book as some of it was way beyond my abilities. I do love the title, and wish I was capable of writing a book like this. Mine would be titled It Must Be Elegant: Great Equations that are Beautiful and that I Understand!"
"If you can make it through the first essay (a dense and difficult chapter by one of the great physicists of our time), you cannot help but appreciate the significance and beauty of modern science and its expression through mathematics. And, the piece on the equations behind the strong force is almost lyrically lovely."
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