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- 2010019959 abstract "A squared plus b squared equals c squared. It sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet this familiar expression is a gateway into the riotous garden of mathematics, and sends us on a journey of exploration in the company of two inspired guides, who trace the life of the Pythagorean theorem from ancient Babylon to the present, visiting along the way Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, President James Garfield, and the Freemasons--not to mention the elusive Pythagoras himself. Why does this theorem have more than two hundred proofs--or is it four thousand? And it has even more applications than proofs: Ancient Egyptians used it for surveying, and today astronomers call on it to measure the distance between stars. It works not just in two dimensions, but any number you like, up to infinity. And perhaps most intriguing of all, it opened the door to the world of irrational numbers.--From publisher description.".
- 2010019959 contributor B11760562.
- 2010019959 contributor B11760563.
- 2010019959 created "2011.".
- 2010019959 date "2011".
- 2010019959 date "2011.".
- 2010019959 dateCopyrighted "2011.".
- 2010019959 description "A squared plus b squared equals c squared. It sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet this familiar expression is a gateway into the riotous garden of mathematics, and sends us on a journey of exploration in the company of two inspired guides, who trace the life of the Pythagorean theorem from ancient Babylon to the present, visiting along the way Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, President James Garfield, and the Freemasons--not to mention the elusive Pythagoras himself. Why does this theorem have more than two hundred proofs--or is it four thousand? And it has even more applications than proofs: Ancient Egyptians used it for surveying, and today astronomers call on it to measure the distance between stars. It works not just in two dimensions, but any number you like, up to infinity. And perhaps most intriguing of all, it opened the door to the world of irrational numbers.--From publisher description.".
- 2010019959 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-278] and index.".
- 2010019959 description "The mathematician as demigod -- Desert virtuosi -- Through the veil -- Rebuilding the cosmos -- Touching the bronze sky -- Exuberant life -- Number emerges from shape -- Living at the limit -- The deep point of the dream -- Magic casements -- Reaching through ... or past ... history?".
- 2010019959 extent "xii, 290 p. :".
- 2010019959 identifier "9781596915220 (hbk. : alk. paper)".
- 2010019959 identifier 2010019959-b.html.
- 2010019959 identifier 2010019959-d.html.
- 2010019959 issued "2011".
- 2010019959 issued "2011.".
- 2010019959 language "eng".
- 2010019959 publisher "New York : Bloomsbury Press,".
- 2010019959 subject "516.22 22".
- 2010019959 subject "Mathematics History.".
- 2010019959 subject "Pythagorean theorem History.".
- 2010019959 subject "QA460.P8 K37 2011".
- 2010019959 tableOfContents "The mathematician as demigod -- Desert virtuosi -- Through the veil -- Rebuilding the cosmos -- Touching the bronze sky -- Exuberant life -- Number emerges from shape -- Living at the limit -- The deep point of the dream -- Magic casements -- Reaching through ... or past ... history?".
- 2010019959 title "Hidden harmonies : the lives and times of the Pythagorean theorem / Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan ; illustrations by Ellen Kaplan.".
- 2010019959 type "text".