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How round is your circle? : where engineering and mathematics meet
Title:
How round is your circle? : where engineering and mathematics meet
Author:
Bryant, John, 1934- author.
ISBN:
9780691131184
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Physical Description:
xix, 306 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Abstract:
'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.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0805/2007032801.html
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