The Equations

Icons of Knowledge

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by Sander Bais

Harvard University Press

Due/Published November 2005, 96 pages, cloth

ISBN 0674019679

In this beautifully designed book, the equations that govern our world unfold in all their formal grace--and their deeper meaning as core symbols of our civilization. The renowned Dutch physicist Sander Bais has produced a book that delves into the details of seventeen equations that form the very basis of what we know of the universe today.