Publisher's Synopsis
Few mathematical mysteries have captured the imagination as much as pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Blatner tells its bizarre story, from Archimedes to da Vinci, and Newton to the Chudnovsky brothers.
About the Publisher
Viking publishes the widest possible range of literary fiction and non-fiction. Our fiction list includes John le Carré, Nick Hornby, Will Self, Colm Tóibín, Nicole Krauss, William Trevor, Catherine O' Flynn, Jonathan Coe, and Joshua Ferris. In non-fiction, the range covers current affairs, history, biography, memoir, narrative non-fiction, music and sport. Our authors include Antony Beevor, Andrew Rawnsley, Mark Bostridge, Sarah Bradford, Saul David, Catherine Bailey, Lynn Barber, Claire Tomalin and John Stubbs.
