How round is your circle? :
Bryant, John
How round is your circle? : where engineering and mathematics meet John Bryant; - Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008 - xix, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates 23CM:
ch. 1. Hard lines ch. 2. How to draw a straight line ch. 3. Four-bar variations ch. 4. Building the world's first ruler ch. 5. Dividing the circle ch. 6. Falling apart ch. 7. Follow my leader ch. 8. In pursuit of coat-hangers ch. 9. All approximations are rational ch. 10. How round is your circle ch. 11. Plenty of slide rule ch. 12. All a matter of balance ch. 13. Finding some equilibrium
How Round is your Circle?' includes chapters on: hard lines; how to draw a straight line; four-bar variations; building the world's first rules; dividing the circle; falling aprat; follow my leader; all approximations are rational; all a matter of balance; and finding some equilibrium
9780691149929
516.15 / BRY
How round is your circle? : where engineering and mathematics meet John Bryant; - Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008 - xix, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates 23CM:
ch. 1. Hard lines ch. 2. How to draw a straight line ch. 3. Four-bar variations ch. 4. Building the world's first ruler ch. 5. Dividing the circle ch. 6. Falling apart ch. 7. Follow my leader ch. 8. In pursuit of coat-hangers ch. 9. All approximations are rational ch. 10. How round is your circle ch. 11. Plenty of slide rule ch. 12. All a matter of balance ch. 13. Finding some equilibrium
How Round is your Circle?' includes chapters on: hard lines; how to draw a straight line; four-bar variations; building the world's first rules; dividing the circle; falling aprat; follow my leader; all approximations are rational; all a matter of balance; and finding some equilibrium
9780691149929
516.15 / BRY