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.
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.
1. Dawn 2. The Belt 3. The Early Greeks 4. Euclid 5. The Roman Pest 6. Archimedes of Syracuse 7. Dusk 8. Night 9. Awakening 10. The Digit Hunters 11. The Last Archimedeans 12. Prelude to Breakthrough 13. Newton 14. Euler 15. The Monte Carlo Method 16. The Transcendence of Pi 17. The Modern Circle Squarers 18. The Computer Age Notes Bibliography Chronological Table Index The First 10,000 Decimal Places of Pi
1. Dawn 2. The Belt 3. The Early Greeks 4. Euclid 5. The Roman Pest 6. Archimedes of Syracuse 7. Dusk 8. Night 9. Awakening 10. The Digit Hunters 11. The Last Archimedeans 12. Prelude to Breakthrough 13. Newton 14. Euler 15. The Monte Carlo Method 16. The Transcendence of Pi 17. The Modern Circle Squarers 18. The Computer Age Notes Bibliography Chronological Table Index The First 10,000 Decimal Places of Pi
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309