by Petr Beckmann · St. Martin's Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780312381851
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«A History of Pi» is Petr Beckmann's essay on the history of mathematics, published by St. Martin's Press in paperback (200 pages, in English).
Petr Beckmann narrates the history of the mathematical constant π from prehistory to the computer age and presents it as a mirror of human development. The book places each advance in its context and includes periods when scientific progress was hampered by militarism or religious fanaticism.
The recorded edition is the 19th, published on July 15, 1976; the book falls within the categories of history, science, technology and philosophy.
Suitable for readers interested in the history of science and mathematics; the level of the explanations accommodates different degrees of background.
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