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Paperback Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics Book
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ISBN: 1616147474

ISBN13: 9781616147471

Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics

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Two veteran math educators demonstrate how some "magnificent mistakes" had profound consequences for our understanding of mathematics' key concepts. In the nineteenth century, English mathematician William Shanks spent fifteen years calculating the value of pi, setting a record for the number of decimal places. Later, his calculation was reproduced using large wooden numerals to decorate the cupola of a hall in the Palais de la Decouverte in Paris...

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