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.
发表于2024-09-28
The Universe in Zero Words 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
对我来说,数学是令我骄傲的学科,因为我一直以来都偏科,靠数学成绩撑出一份拿得出手的门面,而我也一直以为我喜欢着数学,甚至在多年以后,我都怀念着挑灯夜战奥数难题的那个身影。直到后来,我才明白,我喜欢的是那种做题如过关闯将的成就感和征服感,而非数学本身。那个浩...
评分在书的序言中读到了这段话,感觉十分贴切,仅以此作为开篇——“事实上,数学具有两重性。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。如果你仅仅把方程视为传递科学信息的一种工具,那你就看不到数学解除我们头脑束缚的方式;如果你仅仅把方...
评分仔细想想,在我们的生命里,似乎还是有那样一段时间,我们是喜欢数学的。那段时间,可能起始于你用刚学会的算术,帮妈妈算明白了白天买菜的账;或者是用新买的圆规,在多次尝试后终于画出了一个完美的圆。可是多年以后,我想对于大多数人,“数学”的乐趣,似乎早已被课堂上...
评分仔细想想,在我们的生命里,似乎还是有那样一段时间,我们是喜欢数学的。那段时间,可能起始于你用刚学会的算术,帮妈妈算明白了白天买菜的账;或者是用新买的圆规,在多次尝试后终于画出了一个完美的圆。可是多年以后,我想对于大多数人,“数学”的乐趣,似乎早已被课堂上...
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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.
令人手不释卷,一气呵成读完。
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?
评分谈论非欧几何的妙作
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?
评分由浅入深,一章一个数学概念,科普
The Universe in Zero Words 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书