Published 2015 by Prometheus Books
Great Calculations: A Surprising Look Behind 50 Scientific Inquiries. Copyright © 2015 by Colin Pask. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Pask, Colin, 1943-
Great calculations : a surprising look behind 50 scientific inquiries / by Colin Pask.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-63388-028-3 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-1-63388-029-0 (e-book)
1. Mathematics—Miscellanea. I. Title.
QA99.P385 2015
510—dc23
2015001967
Printed in the United States of America