A HISTORY OF PI
by Petr Beckmann

Contents

  1. DAWN
  2. THE BELT
  3. THE EARLY GREEKS
  4. EUCLID
  5. THE ROMAN PEST
  6. ARCHIMEDES OF SYRACUSE
  7. DUSK
  8. NIGHT
  9. AWAKENING
  10. THE DIGIT HUNTERS
  11. THE LAST ARCHIMEDEANS
  12. PRELUDE TO BREAKTHROUGH
  13. NEWTON
  14. EULER
  15. THE MONTE CARLO METHOD
  16. THE TRANSCENDENCE OF Pi
  17. THE MODERN CIRCLE SQUARERS
  18. THE COMPUTER AGE

Notes
Bibliography
Chronological Table
Index

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