Reviews Science & Society

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

By Science News

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.

More Stories from Science News on Science & Society

  1. Physics

    Separating science fact from fiction in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ 

    By Emily Conover
  2. Science & Society

    Language models may miss signs of depression in Black people’s Facebook posts

    By Sujata Gupta
  3. Health & Medicine

    Aimee Grant investigates the needs of autistic people

    By Saima S. Iqbal
  4. Science & Society

    In ‘Get the Picture,’ science helps explore the meaning of art

    By Shi En Kim
  5. Science & Society

    What Science News saw during the solar eclipse

    By Brandon Standley
  6. Space

    ​​During the awe of totality, scientists studied our planet’s reactions

    By Adam Mann
  7. Science & Society

    Your last-minute guide to the 2024 total solar eclipse

    By Karen Kwon
  8. Chemistry

    Protein whisperer Oluwatoyin Asojo fights neglected diseases

    By Carmen Drahl