Author: Zebrowski, Ernest, Jr.
Title: A History of the Circle: Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe
Description: New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, (1999). orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xii, 215 pp. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing, VG. Dustwrapper ¶ Contents: The Quest for Pi; Rollers, Wheels, and Bearings; The Celestial Clock; Mathematics and the Physical World; Charting the Planet; Surface and Space; Celestial Orbs; From Conics to Gravity; Oscillations; Waves; Artificial and Natural Structures; The Real and Conjectured Universe; Appendix A: Formulas for the areas of common shapes; Appendix B: Formulas for the volumes of common solids; appendix C: Algebraic equations for the conic sections.

Keywords: History of Mathematics, Circle, Circles, Cycles, Philosophy, Science, , ,