When Sir Cumference drinks a potion which turns him into a dragon, his son Radius searches for the magic number known as pi which will restore him to his former shape.
Explores the history of mankind's use of mathematics to explain the world and its processes and outlines an assortment of ways in which math is put to use in real-world situations in the present.
Traces the history of the mathematical constant pi from the stone age through the computer age, discussing the background of the times when pi progressed, and when it did not.
Explores the history of mankind's use of mathematics to explain the world and its processes and outlines an assortment of ways in which math is put to use in real-world situations in the present.