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1911:"The Black–Scholes equation changed the world by creating a booming quadrillion-dollar industry; its generalisations, used unintelligently by a small coterie of bankers, changed the world again by contributing to a multitrillion-dollar financial crash whose ever more malign effects, now extending to entire national economics, are still being felt worldwide." 1113: 1894:"birth to new branches of science". Stewart provides the "historical background" to explain "how the equation was anticipated", how people then "generalized the ideas and formalized the results". He highlights the ways in which these equations continue to influence our lives in the twenty-first century. 1838: 1893:
review called the book, the "latest spell" by the "master storyteller", the "Honorary Wizard of the Unseen University"—the "master storyteller"—who is able to "entertain" the reader with Greek symbols. The reviewer said Stewart focused on how equations have changed the world, as new equations gave
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journal, described Stewart as an "experienced writer" whose intended audience is the "general literate reader"—not mathematicians. The reviewer, a mathematician, said that Stewart was "generally successful in getting the essential points across in a nontechnical way without too much distortion.
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provided the "mathematical justification for the trading"—and therefore—"one ingredient in a rich stew of financial irresponsibility, political ineptitude, perverse incentives and lax regulation" that contributed to the
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said that Stewart was a "genius in the way he conveys his excitement and sense of wonder across" who has a "valuable grasp" of "what it takes to make equations interesting" and "to make science cool."
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However, he personally would have preferred a less "discursive style" but acknowledged that Stewart's writing was appropriate for his intended audience.
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said that the book provided "clear, cogent explanations of how the equations work without burdening the reader with cumbersome derivations."
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magazine review described the book as a "history of the human species told in equations" by the "finest living math popularizer".
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Shehab, Omar (17 March 2014). "Review of in pursuit of the unknown: 17 equations that changed the world by Ian Stewart".
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journal review said that Stewart writes with "easy prose, which never fails to both educate and entertain."
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Nahin, Paul J. (31 March 2012). "In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World".
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Roots to research: a vertical development of mathematical problems
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described the book as an "excellent and deeply researched book."
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Significant Figures: the lives and work of great mathematicians
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Seventeen equations are described in the book as follows:
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Index


Ian Stewart
Non-fiction
Profile Books
Basic Books
ISBN
978-1-84668-531-6
Ian Stewart
FRS
CMath
FIMA
Basic Books
Pythagorean theorem
Black–Scholes model
Pythagorean theorem
Logarithms
Calculus
derivative
Newton's law of gravity
Square root of minus one
Euler's formula for polyhedra
Normal distribution
Wave equation
Fourier transform
Navier–Stokes equations
Maxwell's equations
Gaussian units
Second law of thermodynamics
Relativity
Mass–energy equivalence

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