A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number
Hardback
Publication Date: 31/08/2004
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.
- ISBN:
- 9781591022008
- 9781591022008
- Category:
- Geometry
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 31-08-2004
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Prometheus Books
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 373
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x13mm
- Weight:
- 0.45kg
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