| Author/Contributor(s): | Beckmann, Petr |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Griffin |
| Date: | 07/15/1976 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
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.