In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the mathematicians who have tackled their challenges, from antiquity to the twenty-first century.
Nicholas realized he was powerless. Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne on March 2, (according to the Russian Julian calendar; March 15 according to the western Gregorian calendar), in 1917. He signed an abdication document stepping down from the throne and nominating his brother Michael to succeed him.
(1868-1918). Nicholas II was the last emperor, or tsar, of Russia, serving from 1894 to 1917. Nicholas, his wife, and their five children were killed by the Bolsheviks, members of a revolutionary group (led by Lenin) who seized control of the government in Russia during the October Revolution (see Russian Revolution) of 1917.