Five Equations That Changed the World
Subtitle: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780786881871
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: Physics; Nature; History Of Mathematics; Mathematics; Nature/Ecology; Popular works; General; History; History & Philosophy; Nature / General; Equations
First sentence: For the last several months, thirteen-year-old Isaac Newton had been watching with curiosity while workmen built a windmill just outside the town of Grantham.