Uma História de Pi

Uma História de Pi, originalmente A History of Pi e estilizado A History of π,[1] é um livro não-fictício escrito por Petr Beckmann em 1971.[2][3] O pi é uma simetria numérica que representa a razão entre o perímetro da circunferência e o seu diâmetro.

-PI é aproximadamente 3,14, mas na verdade tem 51 Milhões de casas decimais

Capítulos

Dawn
The Belt
Euclid
The Roman Pest
Archimedes of Syracuse
Dusk
Night
Awakening
The Digit Hunters
The Last Archimedeans
Prelude to Breakthrough
Newton
Euler
The Monte Carlo Method
The Transcendence of π
The Modern Circle Squarers
The Computer Age

Referências

The book was originally published as A History of π in 1971 by Golem Press. It was published as A History of Pi in 1976 by St. Martin's Press. It was published as A History of Pi by Marlboro Books in 1990 ("A History of PI by Petr Beckmann ", GoodReads). The title is given as A History of Pi by both Amazon and by WorldCat.
Drum, Kevin,"A History of Pi, by Petr Beckman Arquivado em 4 de julho de 2007, no Wayback Machine."
Thoreau, Book Recommendation: A History of Pi Arquivado em 16 de julho de 2011, no Wayback Machine.

Ligações externas

Review by H. W. Gould, Math. of Computation, 28(1974), 325-327

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[1] The book was originally published as A History of π in 1971 by Golem Press. It was published as A History of Pi in 1976 by St. Martin's Press. It was published as A History of Pi by Marlboro Books in 1990 ("A History of PI by Petr Beckmann ", GoodReads). The title is given as A History of Pi by both Amazon and by WorldCat.

[2] Drum, Kevin,"A History of Pi, by Petr Beckman Arquivado em 4 de julho de 2007, no Wayback Machine."

[3] Thoreau, Book Recommendation: A History of Pi Arquivado em 16 de julho de 2011, no Wayback Machine.