Petr Beckmann
Born
in Prague, Czech Republic
November 13, 1924
Died
August 03, 1993
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A History of π
24 editions
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1970
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The Health Hazards Of NOT Going Nuclear
7 editions
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1976
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Hammer and Tickle Clandestine Laughter in the Soviet Empire
2 editions
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1980
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Einstein Plus Two
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1987
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A History of Pi 3rd edition by Beckmann, Petr (1976) Paperback
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Access to energy: A selection of brief essays (Reprint paper - International Institute for Economic Research)
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The structure of language,: A new approach
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1972
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Eco-hysterics and the technophobes
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1973
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Whispered anecdotes;: Humor from behind the Iron Curtain
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1969
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Musical Musings
4 editions
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1989
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“Is it not true that each superpower has enough nuclear weapons to kill all members of mankind several times over? Yes. And the same is true of kitchen knives.”
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“If we do not require a calendar to be geared to a tropical year (earth's orbit), but only that it be geared to some part of the celestial clock, then the Maya calendar was more accurate than the Julian calendar, more accurate than the Babylonian (solar-lunar) calendar; it intermeshed the "gear wheels" of Sun, Moon and Venus, and was based on a more accurate "gear ratio" than the other calendars, repeating itself only once in 52 years.”
― A History of Ï€
― A History of Ï€
“The architecture of the Colisseum and other places of Roman entertainment are difficult to judge without recalling what purpose they served. It was here that gladiators fought to the death; that prisoners of war, convicts and Christians were devoured by as many as 5,000 wild beasts at a time; and that voctims were crucified or burned alive for the entertainment of Roman civilization. When the Romans screamed for ever more blood, artificial lakes were dug and naval battles of as many as 19,000 gladiators were staged until the water turned red with blood. The only emperors who did not throw Christians to the lions were the Christian emperors: They threw pagans to the lions with the same gusto and for the same crime-having a different religion.”
― A History of Ï€
― A History of Ï€
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