A History of Pi

ISBN-13: 9780312381851 / Angielski / Miękka / 1976 / 200 str.

Petr Beckmann

Opis

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 did not, because science was being stifled by militarism or religious fanaticism.