How Round Is Your Circle? : Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet /

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How do you draw a straight line? How do you determine if a circle is really round? These may sound like simple or even trivial mathematical problems, but to an engineer the answers can mean the difference between success and failure. How Round Is Your Circle? invites readers to explore many of the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryant, John, 1934-
Other Authors: Sangwin, C. J. (Christopher J.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geometry, Plane.
Geometry, Algebraic.
Geometrical models.
Engineering mathematics.
Circle.
Geometry, Modern > Plane.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
MATHEMATICS > Measurement.
circumference.
Cercle.
Modeles geometriques.
Geometrie algebrique.
Geometrie plane.
Mathematiques de l'ingenieur.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:How do you draw a straight line? How do you determine if a circle is really round? These may sound like simple or even trivial mathematical problems, but to an engineer the answers can mean the difference between success and failure. How Round Is Your Circle? invites readers to explore many of the same fundamental questions that working engineers deal with every day--it's challenging, hands-on, and fun. John Bryant and Chris Sangwin illustrate how physical models are created from abstract mathematical ones. Using elementary geometry and trigonometry, they guide readers through paper-and-pencil.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations (some color)
ISBN:9781400837953

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