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- catalog abstract "The authors review Pi's history from prebiblical times to the twenty-first century and the many amusing and often mind-boggling attempts to estimate its precise value ...".
- catalog alternative "Biography of the world's most mysterious number".
- catalog contributor b13295766.
- catalog contributor b13295767.
- catalog coverage "Pi.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description "Chapter 1 What Is [pi]? 13 -- Chapter 2 The History of [pi] 41 -- Chapter 3 Calculating the Value of [pi] 79 -- Chapter 4 [pi] Enthusiasts 117 -- Chapter 5 [pi] Curiosities 137 -- Chapter 6 Applications of [pi] 157 -- Chapter 7 Paradox in [pi] 217 -- Appendix A A Three-Dimensional Example of a Rectilinear Equivalent to a Circular Measurement 293 -- Appendix B Ramanujan's Work 297 -- Appendix C Proof That e[superscript pi greater than sign pi superscript e] 301 -- Appendix D A Rope around the Regular Polygons 305.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-311) and index.".
- catalog description "The authors review Pi's history from prebiblical times to the twenty-first century and the many amusing and often mind-boggling attempts to estimate its precise value ...".
- catalog extent "324 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "[Pi].".
- catalog identifier "1591022002 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "[Pi].".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,".
- catalog relation "[Pi].".
- catalog spatial "Pi.".
- catalog subject "512.7/3 22".
- catalog subject "Pi.".
- catalog subject "QA484 .P67 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chapter 1 What Is [pi]? 13 -- Chapter 2 The History of [pi] 41 -- Chapter 3 Calculating the Value of [pi] 79 -- Chapter 4 [pi] Enthusiasts 117 -- Chapter 5 [pi] Curiosities 137 -- Chapter 6 Applications of [pi] 157 -- Chapter 7 Paradox in [pi] 217 -- Appendix A A Three-Dimensional Example of a Rectilinear Equivalent to a Circular Measurement 293 -- Appendix B Ramanujan's Work 297 -- Appendix C Proof That e[superscript pi greater than sign pi superscript e] 301 -- Appendix D A Rope around the Regular Polygons 305.".
- catalog title "Biography of the world's most mysterious number".
- catalog title "[Pi] : a biography of the world's most mysterious number / Alfred S. Posamentier & Ingmar Lehmann ; afterword by Herbert A. Hauptman.".
- catalog type "text".