Pi
eBook - ePub

Pi

A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Pi

A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number

About this book

In this delightful layperson's introduction to one of math's most interesting phenomena, Drs. Posamentier and Lehmann review pi's history from prebiblical times to the 21st century, the many amusing and mind-boggling ways of estimating pi over the centuries, quirky examples of obsessing about pi, and useful applications of pi in everyday life, including statistics.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Preface
  3. Chapter 1 What Is π?
  4. Chapter 2 The History of π
  5. Chapter 3 Calculating the Value of π
  6. Chapter 4 π Enthusiasts
  7. Chapter 5 π Curiosities
  8. Chapter 6 Applications of π
  9. Chapter 7 Paradox in π
  10. Epilogue
  11. Afterword
  12. Appendix A A Three-Dimensional Example of a Rectilinear Equivalent to a Circular Measurement
  13. Appendix B Ramanujan’s Work
  14. Appendix C Proof That eπ > πe
  15. Appendix D A Rope around the Regular Polygons
  16. References