Hidden Harmonies: The Lives and Times of the Pythagorean Theorem
A squared plus b squared equals c squared. It sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet this familiar expression opens a gateway into the riotous garden of mathematics, and sends us on a journey of exploration in the company of two inspired guides, Robert and Ellen Kaplan. With wit, verve, and clarity, they 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, who almost certainly did not make the statement that bears his name. As in the authors' bestselling The Nothing That Is a…
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Weitere Autoren: Kaplan, Robert
- ISBN: 978-1-60819-398-1
- EAN: 9781608193981
- Produktnummer: 12509871
- Verlag: Bloomsbury
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 292 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B14.1 cm x D2.2 cm 275 g
- Gewicht: 275
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