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An investigation of how past attempts by scientists to discover the perfect circle led to major discoveries of the physical universe. Throughout, the author emphasizes the concepts underlying the mathematical calculations presented, and how they link to real-life examples.
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Ernest Zebrowski is a Professor of Science at Southern University, Louisiana. He is author of Perils of a Restless Planet; Scientific Perspectives on Natural Disasters and of several science textbooks
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From Chapter 1: This book is about something that doesn't physically exist. Try to find a circle in nature, or even in the artifacts of human civilisation, and you've embarked on an impossible hunt.... But suppose we take out a compass and a piece of paper, and draw what appears to be a circle. Isn't this a true circle? No.
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