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Pi: a Source Book

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This text provides a complete history of pi from the dawn of mathematical time to the present.

Chapters cover such topics as: quadrature of the circle in Ancient Egypt; circle measurements in Ancient China; and the irrationality of Pi.

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£37.50
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0387949240 / 9780387949246
Hardback
516.22
01/05/1997
United States
735 pages, 73 figures
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