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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Henshaw, John M.     Subjects     Mathematics.     Mathematical analysis.     Mathematical models -- Miscellanea.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Henshaw, John M.       by title:      An equation for ever...       by call number:      510 H526e     Search the Web     Henshaw, John M.     Mathematics.     Mathematical analysis.     Mathematical models -- Miscellanea.       MARC Display

An equation for every occasion : fifty-two formulas and why they matter / John M. Henshaw ; with contributions from Steven Lewis. by Henshaw, John M. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Call #: 510 H526e Subjects Mathematics.   Mathematical analysis.   Mathematical models -- Miscellanea. ISBN:  9781421414911 (hbk. alk. paper) 1421414910 (hbk. alk. paper) Alternate title:  (equation) for every occasion = 52 formulas + (why) they matter Description:  x, 187 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index. Summary:  "In An Equation for Every Occasion, John M. Henshaw tells fifty-two entertaining true stories, each inspired by a different mathematical equation. His succinct, easy-to-read narratives come from the spheres of sports, business, history, the arts, science, and technology. Anecdotes about famous equations, like E=mc2, appear alongside tales of not-so-famous—but equally fascinating—equations, such as the one that’s used to determine the SPF number on a bottle of sunscreen."--From publisher. Other authors:  Lewis, Steven, 1989- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 510 H526e Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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