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A History of Pi - Couverture souple

Beckmann, Petr

 
9780312381851: A History of Pi
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0312381859 ISBN 13 : 9780312381851
Editeur : St. Martin's Griffin, 1976

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Petr Beckmann was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1924. Until 1963, he worked as a research scientist for the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, when he was invited as a Visiting Professor to the University of Colorado, where he decided to stay permanently as professor of electrical engineering. He has authored books including The History of Pi and more than fifty scientific papers, mostly on probability theory and electromagnetic wave propagation.

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Éditeur
St. Martin's Griffin
Date d'édition
1976
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0312381859
ISBN 13 
9780312381851
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
3
Nombre de pages
208
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