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A refreshingly rich and encompassing perspective of our world, this examination demonstrates how, of the four forces of physical nature, it is electromagnetic force that activates nature as well as our bodies and brains. Arguing that electromagnetism plays an indispensable role in virtually all of modern technology, this book conveys how deeply embedded and intimately linked human beings are to earthly nature. Using lucid, understandable terms, it explains the electromagnetic workings of some of the core devices of modern technology—such as the transistor and radar—and shares a number of engaging vignettes about its discoverers and well as anecdotes drawn from the author's own experience A series of essays on the most famous equations of modern science by experts in their fields. It must be beautiful / Graham Farmelo -- A revolution with no revolutionaries : the Planck-Einstein equation for the energy of a quantum / Graham Farmelo -- The sextant equation : E = mc2 / Peter Galison -- The rediscovery of gravity : the Einstein equation of general relativity / Roger Penrose -- Erotica, aesthetics and Schrödinger's wave equation / Arthur I. Miller -- A piece of magic : the Dirac equ

Who reads It Must Be Beautiful : Great Equations of Modern Science?

Author

Farmelo G. (ed.)

Publisher

London: Granta

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781862074798

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Mathematics, Science, History

Rating

3.94 / 5 (147 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14