[Pi] : a biography of the world's most mysterious number

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서명/저자사항	[Pi]: a biography of the world's most mysterious number / Alfred S. Posamentier & Ingmar Lehmann ; afterword by Herbert A. Hauptman.
개인저자	Posamentier, Alfred S.  Lehmann, Ingmar.
발행사항	Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2004.
형태사항	1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations
기타형태 저록	Print version: Posamentier, Alfred S. [Pi]. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004
ISBN	9781615920815 1615920811
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-311) and index.
내용주기	Chapter 1 What Is [pi]? 13 -- Chapter 2 The History of [pi] 41 -- Chapter 3 Calculating the Value of [pi] 79 -- Chapter 4 [pi] Enthusiasts 117 -- Chapter 5 [pi] Curiosities 137 -- Chapter 6 Applications of [pi] 157 -- Chapter 7 Paradox in [pi] 217 -- Appendix A A Three-Dimensional Example of a Rectilinear Equivalent to a Circular Measurement 293 -- Appendix B Ramanujan's Work 297 -- Appendix C Proof That e[superscript pi greater than sign pi superscript e] 301 -- Appendix D A Rope around the Regular Polygons 305.
소장본주기	OCLC control number change
이용제한사항	Use copy
요약	The authors review Pi's history from prebiblical times to the twenty-first century and the many amusing and often mind-boggling attempts to estimate its precise value ...
복제주기	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
시스템주기	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
주제명(지명)	Pitcairn Islands. Pitcairn. Israel --fast
일반주제명	Pi Pi.
언어	영어
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