Condition: New,UPC: 9780312381851,Publication Date: Thu, July 1, 1976,Type: Paperback ,
description
r, 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.