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Pi: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number

By Alfred S. Posamentier , Ingmar Lehmann

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
1591022002, 9781591022008
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
10 MB (10609166 bytes)
Pages
324\324
Topic
Biology Biophysics
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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