Publisher's Synopsis
Few mathematical mysteries have captured the imagination as much as pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Blatner tells its bizarre story, from Archimedes to da Vinci, and Newton to the Chudnovsky brothers.
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Few mathematical mysteries have captured the imagination as much as pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Blatner tells its bizarre story, from Archimedes to da Vinci, and Newton to the Chudnovsky brothers.
ISBN: | 9780140266801 |
Publisher: | Penguin Canada |
Imprint: | Penguin |
Pub date: | 03 Nov 1998 |
DEWEY: | 516.184 |
DEWEY edition: | 21 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 144 |
Weight: | 170g |
Height: | 160mm |
Width: | 160mm |
Spine width: | 12mm |