The Five Equations that Changed the World: The Power & Poetry of Mathematics?

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go various book sites , find reviews of book.

here 1 amazon.com
harvard mathematician guillen looks @ 5 mathematical breakthroughs , theorists behind them, among them isaac newton , albert einstein.
guillen, instructor in physics , mathematics @ harvard, devotes work discussions of 5 significant equations in physics , individuals developed them. individuals issac newton (universal gravitation), daniel bernoulli (hydrodynamic pressure), michael faraday (thermodynamics), rudolf clausius (thermodynamics), , albert einstein (special relativity). guillen sets work in context of science of times accounts fictionalized, containing many purported conversations , private thoughts of physicists in question. prose quite purplish in places, , matters of fact , interpretation questionable if not outright wrong. not recommended libraries.?jack w. weigel, univ. of michigan lib., ann arbor.

wikipedia:
5 equations changed world: power , poetry of mathematics book written michael guillen in 1995. divided 5 chapters talk 5 different equations in physics , people have developed them. scientists are:
isaac newton (universal gravitation)
daniel bernoulli (hydrodynamics)
michael faraday (electromagnetic induction)
rudolf clausius (thermodynamics)
albert einstein (special relativity)
book light study in science , history, portraying preludes , times , settings of discoveries have been basis of further development, including space travel, flight , nuclear power.
there factual errors, over-simplifications , non-rigorous use of terminology readers should aware of.

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i looking in depth summary of book: 5 equations changed world: power & poetry of mathematics michael guillen, isbn: 0-7868-8187-9. in such summary exists please give me link. thanks.


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