Wednesday, January 30, 2013


The World's Most Beautiful Equations

Equations on a chalkboard
Credit: Shutterstock/Fedorov Oleksiy
Introduction
Mathematical equations aren't just useful — many are quite beautiful. And many scientists admit they are often fond of particular formulas not just for their function, but for their form, and the simple, poetic truths they contain.
While certain famous equations, such as Albert Einstein's E = mc^2, hog most of the public glory, many less familiar formulas have their champions among scientists. LiveScience asked physicists, astronomers and mathematicians for their favorite equations; here's what we found:
Prev
Next

No comments:

Post a Comment