✨Sách - A History of Pi by Petr Beckmann (US edition, paperback)

Ships from and sold by EXPERAL Singapore Publisher: St Martin's Press Origin: United States (Imported) ISBN 13: 9780312381851 Condition: Brandnew Binding: paperback Pages: 200 Dimensons: 216 x 133 x 12.95 | 227 (gram) ---------------------------------------- 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.