{"product_id":"pi-a-biography-of-the-worlds-most-mysterious-number-9781633889088","title":"Pi: A Biography of the World's Most Mysterious Number","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this delightful layperson's introduction to one of math's most interesting phenomena, Drs. Posamentier and Lehmann review pi's history from prebiblical times to the 21st century, the many amusing and mind-boggling ways of estimating pi over the centuries, quirky examples of obsessing about pi, and useful applications of pi in everyday life, including statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred S. Posamentier\u003c\/b\u003e is an American educator and a lead commentator on American math and science education, regularly contributing to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and other news publications. He has created original math and science curricula, emphasized the need for increased math and science funding, promulgated criteria by which to select math and science educators, advocated the importance of involving parents in K-12 math and science education, and provided myriad curricular solutions for teaching critical thinking in math.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Posamentier was a member of the New York State Education Commissioner's Blue Ribbon Panel on the Math-A Regents Exams. He served on the Commissioner's Mathematics Standards Committee, which redefined the Standards for New York State. And he served on the New York City schools' Chancellor's Math Advisory Panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePosamentier earned a Ph.D. in mathematics education from Fordham University (1973), a master's degree in mathematics education from the City College of the City University of New York (1966) and an A.B. degree in mathematics from Hunter College of the City University of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngmar Lehmann\u003c\/b\u003e is retired from the mathematics faculty at Humboldt University in Berlin. For many years, he led the Berlin Mathematics Student Society for gifted secondary school students, an organization with which he is still closely engaged today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is the author of numerous mathematics texts in Germany and the coauthor with Alfred S. Posamentier of some other books, including The Secrets of Triangles, The Glorious Golden Ratio, Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics, and The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Prometheus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50562453668114,"sku":"9781633889088","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a0fcee46-aa20-4723-8b1c-5e7920185fca.jpg?v=1731860228","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pi-a-biography-of-the-worlds-most-mysterious-number-9781633889088","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}