| Descript |
xvi, 259 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, music ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-250) and index |
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Prologue: Cambridge, England, 1993 -- Mesopotamia, 1800 BCE -- Sidebar 1: Did the Egyptians know it? -- Pythagoras -- Euclid's Elements -- Sidebar 2: The Pythagorean theorem in art, poetry, and prose -- Archimedes -- Translators and commentators, 500-1500 CE -- Franc⁺ʹois Vie⁺ђte makes history -- From the infinite to the infinitesimal -- Sidebar 3: A remarkable formula by Euler -- 371 proofs, and then some -- Sidebar 4: The folding bag -- Sidebar 5: Einstein meets Pythagoras -- Sidebar 6: A most unusual proof -- A theme and variations -- Sidebar 7: A Pythagorean curiosity -- Sidebar 8: A case of overuse -- Strange coordinates -- Notation, notation, notation -- From flat space to curved spacetime -- Sidebar 9: A case of misuse -- Prelude to relativity -- From Bern to Berlin, 1905-1915 -- Sidebar 10: Four Pythagorean brainteasers -- But is it universal? -- Afterthoughts -- Epilogue: Samos, 2005 |
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Pythagorean theorem -- History
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