A History of Pi
Petr Beckmann
Jan 2015 · Sold by St. Martin's Griffin
4.7star
7 reviews
Ebook
208
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
About this ebook
The history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up this mirror, giving the background of the times when pi made progress -- and also when it did not, because science was being stifled by militarism or religious fanaticism.
Ratings and reviews
4.7
7 reviews
About the author
Petr Beckmann was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1924. He worked as a research scientist for the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences until 1963, when he was invited as a Visiting Professor to the University of Colorado and he decided to stay permanently as professor of electrical engineering. His published works comprise 14 books, includingThe History of Pi and Einstein Plus Two, and more than fifty scientific papers, mostly on probability theory and electromagnetic wave propagation. Beckmann died in 1993.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
