[SBeck]

Tis true. An equation on mother Earth works the same way in the most distant galaxy.

[stanz]

As one who is and has always been mathematically challenged, I can only appreciate its beauty from afar. If I had one wish it would probably be to see through Einstein's eyes for just one day.

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[linear]

I suspect that when we are able to articulate the unified equation, it will be "I am who am."

[xsrdx]

Equations I remember...

E=MC^2

KE=1/2MV^2

Pv=nRT

A=PiR^2 (But no, Pi R Round)

There are some cool astronomical ones involving gravity that I can't recall, also; G=m something. Newtonian stuff, very elegant. Also the aerodynamics equations for lift & drag are remarkably simple also IIRC. Thermodynamics has some great ones too.

The most incredible stuff I remember involves the application of natural and base 10 Logarithms, and how well Calculus can describe the physical world. I don't understand it, but it works.

[NonZeroSum]

An equation on mother Earth works the same way in the most distant galaxy.

We don't know that. We take it to be one of the axioms of science, but it can't be proven.

[Romulus]

This might be a good place to point out that the Greek word "cosmos" means not just "whaterver-there-is" but carries the additional sense of ordered, balanced, and rational beauty.

[monkey]

the physicist Dr. Eugene Wigner of Princeton once called the "unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics" in describing the world

We describe the world, to our satisfaction, using math, which we also created. The common element is the human mind. It's not that unreasonable, or even surprising.

[Cincinatus]

The Most Seductive Equation in Science: Beauty Equals Truth

Poetry too:

"Beauty is Truth, truth beauty," --
That is all
ye know on Earth, and all ye need to know.

John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn