All Over The Map

Michael Guillen’s book “Five Equations that Changed the World” would have been a great book to read as a companion to the Calculus and Physics I,II,III ritual in most engineering and Science schools. The book details some of the non scientifc background and history around the equations.  The five equations are:

1. Isaac Newton and the Universal Law of gravity
2. David Bernoulli and the Law of Hydrostatic Pressure
3. Michael Faraday and the Law of Electromagnetic Induction
4. Rudolf Clausius and the Second lay of Thermodynamics
5. Albert Einstein and the Theory of Special Relativity

If one were to try and include the Computer and the discovery of DNA what equations would we use to represent them. I would add 5 more equations that contributed most to the following.

1. The computer
2. The Laser
3. The Discovery of DNA
4. The Internet
5. Encryption/decryption and Compression