Pi - A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number
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In this delightful layperson's introduction to one of math's most interesting phenomena, Drs Posamentier and Lehmann review p's history from pre-biblical times to the 21st century, the many amusing and mind-boggling ways of estimating p over the centuries, quirky examples of obsessing about p (including an attempt to legislate its exact value), and useful applications of p in everyday life, including statistics.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Alfred S. Posamentier
Ingmar Lehmann - Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781591022008
- Release date
- 2004
