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FOUR FAMOUS NUMBERS IBD

MIDLAND TUTORIAL PRODUCTIONS
04 / 2024
9781915750099
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Sinopsis

WE DELVE DEEP INTO THE SCIENCE AND INTER-RELATIONSHIPS OF FOUR FAMOUS MATHEMATICAL CONSTANTS: EULERâÇÖS NUMBER, e, THE LUDOLPHINE CONSTANT, ( pi ), PYTHAGORASâÇÖ CONSTANT AND THE RATIO OF PHIDIAS ( phi ).áALONG THE WAY WE ASSESS THE USEFULNESS OF DIVERSE METHODS OF COMPUTING THESE NUMBERS, TECHNIQUES DATING FROM THE BRONZE AGE TO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.áFROM THE EARLIEST DAYS OF VISIBLE LIFE TO OUR OWN TIMES, TINY ANIMALS HAVE PLOWED AND BURROWED THE DEEP SEA FLOOR IN SYSTEMATIC, GEOMETRICAL PATHS. THEY OFTEN SEEMED TO HAVE CONFORMED TO THE MATHEMATICS OF OUR FAMOUS NUMBERS!áCAN THIS REALLY BE TRUE? WE CONSIDER THE EVIDENCE.áTHIS SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED AND EXTENDED, IS PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED AND HAS ORIGINAL RESEARCH, ALGEBRAIC DERIVATIONS, FULL ACADEMIC REFERENCES, AND A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX.á'FOUR FAMOUS NUMBERS' WILL APPEAL TO ENTHUSIASTS, UNDERGRADUATES AND TEACHERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

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