π: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number by Ingmar Lehmann, Herbert A. Hauptman, Alfred S. Posamentier

π: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number

Ingmar Lehmann, Herbert A. Hauptman, Alfred S. Posamentier

324 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced
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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...

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