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" Why pi? / "
Johnny Ball.
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BL
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| Record Number
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703661
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b525850
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| Main Entry
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Ball, Johnny
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| Title & Author
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Why pi? /\ Johnny Ball.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, New York :: DK,, 2009.
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93 pages :: color illustrations ;; 29 cm
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| ISBN
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0756651646
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: 0756664772
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: 9780756651640
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: 9780756664770
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| Notes
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"How math applies to everyday life"--Cover.
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Mathematics, Juvenile literature.
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Measurement, Juvenile literature.
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Pi, Juvenile literature.
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| Dewey Classification
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530.8
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530.8
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| LC Classification
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QA465.B168 2009
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