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The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg by Robert P. Crease

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The Great Equations: Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg by Robert P. Crease

An examination of the power and beauty within discrete symbolic statements.

W.W. Norton & Company, 2009, 315 p., $25.95

A version of this article appears in the February 14, 2009 issue of Science News.

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