How Round Is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics MeetHow 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. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 How to Draw a Straight Line | 17 |
Chapter 3 FourBar Variations | 46 |
Chapter 4 Building the Worlds First Ruler | 65 |
Chapter 5 Dividing the Circle | 89 |
Chapter 6 Falling Apart | 112 |
Chapter 7 Follow My Leader | 127 |
Chapter 8 In Pursuit of CoatHangers | 138 |
Chapter 10 How Round Is Your Circle? | 188 |
Chapter 11 Plenty of Slide Rule | 227 |
Chapter 12 All a Matter of Balance | 255 |
Chapter 13 Finding Some Equilibrium | 277 |
Epilogue | 296 |
References | 297 |
Index | 303 |
Chapter 9 All Approximations Are Rational | 172 |