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NAFV_P · 2014-03-09 · Original thread
> It's a fragile model and does not deserve to be on the same list as these beautiful and useful ideas.

I have a copy of the book at home, Ian Stewart is a very good populariser of maths.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seventeen-Equations-that-Changed-Wor...

You should take the title of the book literally, equations that changed the world (but not necessarily for the better).

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