Pi: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number
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We all learned that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is called pi and that the value of this algebraic symbol is roughly 3.14. What we weren't told, though, is that behind this seemingly mundane fact is a world of mystery, which has fascinated mathematicians from ancient times to the present. Simply put, pi is weird. Mathematicians call it a "transcendental number" because its value cannot be calculated by any combination...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1591022002
ISBN13:9781591022008
Release Date:August 2004
Publisher:Prometheus Books
Length:373 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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