The ANCIENT world -- The daily planet -- Moons and months -- Seasons in the sun -- The right angles -- Measuring the land -- It's all Greek -- A round world -- Measuring the world -- Why pi? -- Building Rome -- The art of building aqueducts -- Why measure any body? -- Night and day -- Make a sundial / Make a star clock -- Weighing up -- The age of DISCOVERY? -- What goes around what? -- Galileo the great -- The gravity of the situation -- Where on Earth? -- All at sea -- Longitude -- Mapping the world -- MODERN measuring -- Hot and cold -- Measuring energy -- Electricity -- Light fantastic -- Speed of light -- Under pressure -- Can you hear me? -- The sound of music -- Modern times -- Disaster! -- Very big -- Very small -- Weird and wonderful -- The metric system -- Answers/Index/Credits.
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متن يادداشت
Focusing on how people from ancient Egyptians to modern scientists have used numbers to measure things through the ages, "Why Pi?" makes math interesting and is filled with games, puzzles, brainteasers, and fun facts.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Mathematics, Juvenile literature.
موضوع مستند نشده
Measurement, Juvenile literature.
موضوع مستند نشده
Pi, Juvenile literature.
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
530
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8
شماره
530
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8
ويراست
14
ويراست
22
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
QA465
نشانه اثر
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B168
2009
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )