A History of Pi by Petr Beckmann

A History of Pi

Petr Beckmann

208 pages • paperback • 1970

4 editions

nonfiction history mathematics science informative medium-paced
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The history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up this mirror, giving the background of the times when pi made progress -- and also when it...

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