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

Author: Ingmar Lehmann; Alfred S Posamentier
Publisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004
Edition/Format:  Print book : English
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Presenting an introduction to one of math's interesting phenomena, this work reviews p's history from pre-biblical times to the 21st century, the ways of estimating p over the centuries, examples of  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ingmar Lehmann; Alfred S Posamentier
ISBN: 1591022002 9781591022008
OCLC Number: 488984074
Description: 324 s. : illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Titles: Biography of the world's most mysterious number
Responsibility: Alfred S. Posamentier & Ingmar Lehmann ; afterword by Herbert A. Hauptman

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