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Nature 440, 423-424 (23 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/440423b; Published online 22 March 2006

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Summing up physics

Malcolm Longair1

BOOK REVIEWEDThe Equations: Icons of Knowledge

by Sander Bais

Harvard University Press: 2005. 96 pp. $18.95, £11.95, euro dollar17.50

Perhaps the most common comment I receive after delivering a public lecture is: "I enjoyed the lecture, but I couldn't understand the maths." This difficulty doesn't just affect the public but is one that students and scientists encounter throughout their careers: how does one connect the behaviour of the real world with the mathematics used to describe it?

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