Pi: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number
暫譯: 圓周率:世界上最神秘數字的傳記
Alfred S. Posamentier
- 出版商: Prometheus Books
- 出版日期: 2004-08-31
- 售價: $1,230
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,169
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 324
- 裝訂: Hardcover
- ISBN: 1591022002
- ISBN-13: 9781591022008
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We all learned that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is called pi and that the value of this algebraic symbol is roughly 3.14. What we weren't told, though, is that behind this seemingly mundane fact is a world of mystery, which has fascinated mathematicians from ancient times to the present. Simply put, pi is weird. Mathematicians call it a "transcendental number" because its value cannot be calculated by any combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root extraction.
In this delightful layperson's introduction to one of math's most interesting phenomena, Drs. Posamentier and Lehmann review pi's history from prebiblical times to the 21st century, the many amusing and mind-boggling ways of estimating pi over the centuries, quirky examples of obsessing about pi (including an attempt to legislate its exact value), and useful applications of pi in everyday life, including statistics.
This enlightening and stimulating approach to mathematics will entertain lay readers while improving their mathematical literacy.
In this delightful layperson's introduction to one of math's most interesting phenomena, Drs. Posamentier and Lehmann review pi's history from prebiblical times to the 21st century, the many amusing and mind-boggling ways of estimating pi over the centuries, quirky examples of obsessing about pi (including an attempt to legislate its exact value), and useful applications of pi in everyday life, including statistics.
This enlightening and stimulating approach to mathematics will entertain lay readers while improving their mathematical literacy.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
我們都知道圓的周長與直徑的比率稱為圓周率(pi),這個代數符號的值大約是3.14。然而,我們並不知道的是,這個看似平凡的事實背後隱藏著一個神秘的世界,這個世界自古以來就吸引著數學家們的注意。簡單來說,圓周率是奇特的。數學家稱它為「超越數」,因為它的值無法通過任何加法、減法、乘法、除法或平方根提取的組合來計算。
在這本引人入勝的非專業人士導讀中,Posamentier博士和Lehmann博士回顧了圓周率的歷史,從聖經前的時代到21世紀,探討了幾個世紀以來估算圓周率的許多有趣且令人困惑的方法,以及對圓周率的執著的奇特例子(包括試圖立法確定其精確值的嘗試),還有圓周率在日常生活中的有用應用,包括統計學。
這種啟發性且刺激的數學方法將娛樂非專業讀者,同時提高他們的數學素養。