Pi, a Source Book (Hardcover) by Len Berggren, Professor Jonathan Borwein, Peter Borwein

ISBN: 9780387949246 Condition: New Hard cover Language: English Pages: 716 Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 716 p. Contains: Illustrations. Contemporary Film and Television. This text provides a complete history of pi from the dawn of mathematical time to the present. Chapters cover such topics as: quadrature of the circle in Ancient Egypt; circle measurements in Ancient China; and the irrationality of Pi.