TY  - GEN
AU  - Zebrowski, Ernest Jr.
TI  - History of the circle : : mathematical reasoning and the physical universe
SN  - 9780813528984
U1  - 609 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 The Quest for Pi I
CHAPTER 2 Rollers, Wheels, and Bearings 14
CHAPTER 3 The Celestial Clock  26
CHAPTER 4   Mathematics and the Physical World 39
CHAPTER 5   Charting the Planet 51
CHAPTER 6  Surface and Space  68
CHAPTER 7   Celestial Orbs   86
CHAPTER 8   From Conies to 104
CHAPTER 9   Oscillations   124
CHAPTER 10  Waves  144
CHAPTER 11   Artificial and Natural Structures      166 
CHAPTER 12  The Real and Conjectured Universe      184
Appendix A: Formulas for the areas of common shapes 201    
Appendix B:Formulas for the volumes of commonsolids202    
Appendix C: Algebraic equations for the conic sections203      
Notes  205
 Index  211

ER  -