I came across this interesting article from business insider about the 17 math equations that changed the world. The article is from 2014, but still it’s a cool read.
If you didn’t click the link, or if it doesn’t work anymore, here’s the list, in chronological order from “discovery”:
1. Pythagorian Theorem
2.Logarithms
3. Calculus
4. Law of Gravity
5. Square root of -1
6.Euler’s formula for polyhedra
7. Normal Distribution
8. Wave equation
9. Fourier’s transform
10. Naiver-Stokes Equation
11. Maxwell’s Equations
12. Entropy (2nd law of thermodynamics)
13. Relativity
14. Schrodinger’s equation
15. Information theory
16. Chaos Theory
17. Black-Scholes Equation
Book Summaries. Less than 272 words. 