An equation for every occasion : fifty-two formulas and why they matter / John M. Henshaw ; with contributions from Steven Lewis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henshaw, John M. (Author)
Other Authors: Lewis, Steven, 1989-
Other title:(equation for every occasion = 52 formulas + (why) they matter.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • As the Earth draws the apple
  • And all the children are above average
  • The lady with the mystic smile
  • The heart has its reasons
  • AC/DC
  • The Doppler effect
  • Do I look fat in these jeans?
  • Zeros and ones
  • Tsunami
  • When the chips are down
  • A stretch of the imagination
  • Woodstock nation
  • What is [pi]?
  • No sweat
  • Road range
  • The bends
  • It's not the heat, it's the humidity
  • The world's most beautiful equation
  • Breaking the law
  • The Mars curse
  • Eureka!
  • A penny saved...
  • If I only had a brain
  • Because it was there
  • Four eyes
  • Bee sting
  • Here comes the sun
  • A leg to stand on
  • Love is a roller coaster
  • Loss factor
  • A slippery slope
  • Transformers
  • A house of cards
  • Let there be light
  • Smarty pants
  • As old as the hills
  • Can you hear me now?
  • Decay heat
  • Zero, one, infinity
  • Terminal velocity
  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Dog days
  • Body heat
  • Red hot
  • A bolt from the blue
  • Like oil and water
  • Fish story
  • Making waves
  • A drop in the bucket
  • Fracking unbelievable
  • Take two aspirins and call me in the morning
  • The world's most famous equation.