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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
- 科学
- 数学
- 科普
- 外国
- 英文原版
- 无言的宇宙
- 英美文学
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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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...
评分前段时间在通勤时看了好几本老舍的大作，觉得有点“腻”了，换个口味吧。拿一本《无言的宇宙》翻了翻，觉得还蛮有味道的，遂决定抽空是看一个公式、梳理一下对应的证明（本篇未完待时不时续一个公式）。 一、No.1 横空出世的第一个公式是什么呢？ 如果是您选，如何在绚烂的方程...
评分一个普遍的问题：图片没翻译。 ■ 第 8 页：数学的创始人是伏羲，传说中中国的第一位皇帝。 伏羲是三皇之一，不是皇帝。 ■ 第 8 页：伏羲“发明了管控六十四卦变化的九九算法”…… 此处引用的刘徽《九章算术注》原文为： 昔在包犠氏始画八卦，以通神明之德，以类万物之情，作...
评分一 很长一段时间，当然这个时间也不可能终止在现在，我都沉醉在存在、意义和永恒这些虚无的话题之中。 像托尔斯泰的忏悔录里面说的，我也一直相信，自然科学无法回答那个终极的问题，它只能告诉你细枝末节的东西。 有个矛盾的问题不时会跳出来质疑我。 “文字，作为信息交...
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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?
评分令人手不释卷，一气呵成读完。
评分由浅入深，一章一个数学概念，科普
评分语言流畅，讲述透彻，赞！
评分令人手不释卷，一气呵成读完。
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