In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World

"An engaging tour of vital math for a modern world.... [A] wonderfully accessible book."—Scientific American

Most people are familiar with history's great equations: Newton's Law of Gravity, for instance, or Einstein's theory of relativity. But the way these mathematical breakthroughs have contributed to human progress is seldom appreciated. In In Pursuit of the Unknown, celebrated mathematician Ian Stewart untangles the roots of our most important mathematical stat…