Displaying 1 of 1 2009 Format: Book Author: Ball, Johnny, author. Title: Why pi? / Johnny Ball. Publisher, Date: New York, New York : DK, 2009. Description: 93 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm Summary: 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. Subjects: Measurement -- Juvenile literature. Mathematics -- Juvenile literature. Pi -- Juvenile literature. Notes: "How math applies to everyday life"--Cover. Includes index. Reading Counts RC 3-5 9.5 7.0 quiz: 61753. Contents: 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. Web Site: Publisher description LCCN: 2010282297 ISBN: 9780756651640 0756651646 9780756664770 0756664772 Other Number: 262428645 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 262729 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 530.8 Ball Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
