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Author : Petr Beckmann
Release : 1971
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 859/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A History of Pi by : Petr Beckmann
Download or read book A History of Pi written by Petr Beckmann. This book was released on 1971. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the mathematical constant pi from the stone age through the computer age, discussing the background of the times when pi progressed, and when it did not.
Author : B. C. Lester Books
Release : 2020-04-28
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 105/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Book Of Pi: What is Pi, It's History and the Number to 100,000 Digits.: A Concise Handbook of Pi to 100,000 Decimal Places. by : B. C. Lester Books
Download or read book The Book Of Pi: What is Pi, It's History and the Number to 100,000 Digits.: A Concise Handbook of Pi to 100,000 Decimal Places. written by B. C. Lester Books. This book was released on 2020-04-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you been looking to learn and memorise pi to 100,000 digits? Or just looking for a gift for your friend? Then this book of Pi is perfect for you! This book contains information of how Pi is derived, where it is used in calculations and a short history on how it got to 34.1 trillion decimal places found! Click 'Buy Now' to get this at a good value.
Author : Jonathan M. Borwein
Release : 2013-06-29
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 406/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Pi: A Source Book by : Jonathan M. Borwein
Download or read book Pi: A Source Book written by Jonathan M. Borwein. This book was released on 2013-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our intention in this collection is to provide, largely through original writings, an ex tended account of pi from the dawn of mathematical time to the present. The story of pi reflects the most seminal, the most serious, and sometimes the most whimsical aspects of mathematics. A surprising amount of the most important mathematics and a signifi cant number of the most important mathematicians have contributed to its unfolding directly or otherwise. Pi is one of the few mathematical concepts whose mention evokes a response of recog nition and interest in those not concerned professionally with the subject. It has been a part of human culture and the educated imagination for more than twenty-five hundred years. The computation of pi is virtually the only topic from the most ancient stratum of mathematics that is still of serious interest to modern mathematical research. To pursue this topic as it developed throughout the millennia is to follow a thread through the history of mathematics that winds through geometry, analysis and special functions, numerical analysis, algebra, and number theory. It offers a subject that provides mathe maticians with examples of many current mathematical techniques as weIl as a palpable sense of their historical development. Why a Source Book? Few books serve wider potential audiences than does a source book. To our knowledge, there is at present no easy access to the bulk of the material we have collected.
Author : Johnny Ball
Release : 2009-08-31
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 628/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Why Pi? by : Johnny Ball
Download or read book Why Pi? written by Johnny Ball. This book was released on 2009-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how maths applies to everything with Johnny Ball Join Johnny Ball as he shows your child that maths isn't just numbers and sums, it's a fundamental, incredible, magical way to find out how everything works. From Pi, the amazing number that's vital for so much of everyday life, to perfect proportions - did you know Leonardo da Vinci worked out a person's ear is one-third the length of their face? - discover how numbers, from ancient times to the modern day, have enabled us to explore, build and discover just about everything. With puzzles to solve, conundrums to crack and incredible tricks to show to friends, Johnny Ball will teach your child to become a mathmagician!
Author : Matt Parker
Release : 2021-01-19
Genre : Mathematics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 691/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Humble Pi by : Matt Parker
Download or read book Humble Pi written by Matt Parker. This book was released on 2021-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AN ADAM SAVAGE BOOK CLUB PICK The book-length answer to anyone who ever put their hand up in math class and asked, “When am I ever going to use this in the real world?” “Fun, informative, and relentlessly entertaining, Humble Pi is a charming and very readable guide to some of humanity's all-time greatest miscalculations—that also gives you permission to feel a little better about some of your own mistakes.” —Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything Our whole world is built on math, from the code running a website to the equations enabling the design of skyscrapers and bridges. Most of the time this math works quietly behind the scenes . . . until it doesn’t. All sorts of seemingly innocuous mathematical mistakes can have significant consequences. Math is easy to ignore until a misplaced decimal point upends the stock market, a unit conversion error causes a plane to crash, or someone divides by zero and stalls a battleship in the middle of the ocean. Exploring and explaining a litany of glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team, Matt Parker uncovers the bizarre ways math trips us up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Getting it wrong has never been more fun.
