A History of Pi -

Petr Beckmann

St. Martin's

1974

208 páginas

6h 56m

ISBN-10: 0312381859

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.