Pi (eBook)

A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number

Ingmar Lehmann, Alfred S. Posamentier (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
324 Seiten
Prometheus (Verlag)
978-1-61592-081-5 (ISBN)

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In this delightful laypersons introduction to one of maths most interesting phenomena, Drs. Posamentier and Lehmann review pis history from prebiblical times to the 21st century, the many amusing and mind-boggling ways of estimating pi over the centuries, quirky examples of obsessing about pi, and useful applications of pi in everyday life, including statistics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2023
• Nachwort: Herbert A. Hauptman
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Arithmetik / Zahlentheorie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Schlagworte: 3.14 • Alfred S. Posamentier • ancient China • ancient egyptians • Applications of pi • Archimedes • babylonians • Calculating pi • Carl Louis Ferdinand Lindemann • Chudnovsky brothers • circumference • Circumference formula • Circumference of a circle • Computer Science • Fibonacci • Formulas with pi • Geometry • Goldbach's conjecture • Herbert A. Hauptman • History of pi • Igmar Lehmann • Leonhard Euler • Math and philosphy • Math and the Bible • Mathematical Formulas • Mathematics • math history • Newton • Number Theory • Paradox • Paradox in pi • Pi • Ptolemy • RADIUS • Renaissance • Takahashi and Kanada • University of Tokyo • Values of pi • van Ceulen • William Oughtred
• ISBN-10: 1-61592-081-1 / 1615920811
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61592-081-5 / 9781615920815