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Dana Mackenzie is a frequent contributor to Science, Discover, and New Scientist, and writes the biennial series What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences for the American Mathematical Society. In 2012, he received the prestigious Communications Award from the Joint Policy Board for Mathematics. He has a PhD in mathematics from Princeton and was a mathematics professor for thirteen years before becoming a full-time writer.
- math
- 科學
- 數學
- 科普
- 外國
- 英文原版
- 無言的宇宙
- 英美文學
Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics - the universal language of science - keep the masterpieces of the subject hidden behind a veil? "The Universe in Zero Words" tells the history of twenty-four great and beautiful equations that have shaped mathematics, science, and society - from the elementary (1+1=2) to the sophisticated (the Black-Scholes formula for financial derivatives), and from the famous (E=mc2) to the arcane (Hamilton's quaternion equations). Mackenzie, who has been called 'a popular-science ace' by Booklist magazine, lucidly explains what each equation means, who discovered it (and how), and how it has affected our lives. Illustrated in color throughout, the book tells the human and often-surprising stories behind the invention or discovery of the equations, from how a bad cigar changed the course of quantum mechanics to why whales (if they could communicate with us) would teach us a totally different concept of geometry. At the same time, the book shows why these equations have something timeless to say about the universe, and how they do it with an economy (zero words) that no other form of human expression can match. "The Universe in Zero Words" is the ultimate introduction and guide to equations that have changed the world.
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这是一本有关数学的科普读物，这个无言的宇宙优美、复杂、不确定，重新定义了我对数学的理解。作者开宗明义指出了数学的两重性，“首先，它是因其本身而存在的一个知识体系；其次，它是表达宇宙知识的一种语言。”也就是说，我们欣赏数学的同时也要看重它与其他事物的联系，在...
評分无言的宇宙完结撒花 真的是一本带来的惊喜与痛苦同样多的书「来自考过16分物理的同学的感慨」 晚与师妹讨论时说，在我们认知的具象化的世界中，数学是物理的工具，而当认知超出我们所能想象的世界「边界」时，却是数学在发挥作用。 到目前所受的教育来说，数学所带来的联想是「...
評分无言的宇宙完结撒花 真的是一本带来的惊喜与痛苦同样多的书「来自考过16分物理的同学的感慨」 晚与师妹讨论时说，在我们认知的具象化的世界中，数学是物理的工具，而当认知超出我们所能想象的世界「边界」时，却是数学在发挥作用。 到目前所受的教育来说，数学所带来的联想是「...
評分在我的奥数还有点成绩的时候，对学数学其实是自负又热爱的。课本没有挑战性，就想从其他地方觅点新奇有趣的。 某年暑假路过书城，一时兴起买了本英国人写的《数学史》，回家读了过半就束之高阁。我猜想那应该是本好书，写的是正统数学史，脉络也清晰，奈何对中学时代的我而言...
評分这是一本有关数学的科普读物，这个无言的宇宙优美、复杂、不确定，重新定义了我对数学的理解。作者开宗明义指出了数学的两重性，“首先，它是因其本身而存在的一个知识体系；其次，它是表达宇宙知识的一种语言。”也就是说，我们欣赏数学的同时也要看重它与其他事物的联系，在...
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评分A well-written, well-organized and well-displayed book that walks you through the time. Some knowledge of high mathematics are required to fully enjoy part 3 and 4. If math is only a language that human creates to describe the universe, how could it be so elegant, precise and universal?
评分A well-written, well-organized and well-displayed book that walks you through the time. Some knowledge of high mathematics are required to fully enjoy part 3 and 4. If math is only a language that human creates to describe the universe, how could it be so elegant, precise and universal?
评分令人手不釋捲，一氣嗬成讀完。
评分談論非歐幾何的妙作
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