Author

Petr Beckmann

7 books

Books

  1. A History of π 1970
6 more
  1. The scattering of electromagnetic waves from rough surfaces 1963
  2. Einstein plus two 1987
  3. Probability in communication engineering 1967
  4. The health hazards of NOT going nuclear 1976
  5. Musical musings 1989
  6. Orthogonal polynomials for engineers and physicists 1973

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