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17 Equations that changed the world... 1. Pythagoras's Theorem [Pythagoras, 530 BC] 2. Logrithms [John Napier, 110] 3. Ca!"#!#s [Ne$ton, 1%] &. La$ o (ra)ity [Ne$ton, 1%*] 5. + #are root o min#s one [Leonhar- #!er. 1*50] . #!er's orm#!a or po!yhe-ra [Leonhar- #!er, 1*51] *. Norma! /istri #tion [C. . (a#ss, 1%10] %. a)e #ation [J. /' !m ert, 1*&] 4. o#rier Trans orm [Joseph o#rier, 1%22] 10. Na)ier +to6es #ation [C. Na)ier, (. +to6es, 1%&0] 11. 7a8$e!!'s #ations [James C!er6 7a8$e!!, 1%5] 12. +e"on- La$ o Thermo-ynami"s [9. Bo!t:mann, 1%*&] 13. La$ o ;e!ati)ity [ instein, 1405] 1&. +"hro-inger's #ation [ r$in +"hro-inger, 142*]

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17 Equations that changed the world...

1. Pythagoras's Theorem [Pythagoras, 530 BC]2. Logrithms [John Napier, 1610]3. Calculus [Newton, 1668]4. Law of Gravity [Newton, 1687]5. Square root of minus one [Leonhard Euler. 1750]6. Euler's formula for polyhedra [Leonhard Euler, 1751]7. Normal Distribution [C. F. Gauss, 1810]8. Wave Equation [J. D'Almbert, 1746]9. Fourier Transform [Joseph Fourier, 1822]10. Navier-Stokes Equation [C. Navier, G. Stokes, 1840]11. Maxwell's Equations [James Clerk Maxwell, 1865]12. Second Law of Thermodynamics [I. Boltzmann, 1874]13. Law of Relativity [Einstein, 1905]14. Schrodinger's Equation [Erwin Schrodinger, 1927]15. Information Theory [ Claude Shannon, 1949]16. Chaos Theory [Robert May, 1975]17. Black-Scholes Equation [F. Black, M. Scholes, 1990]

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