The Pythagorean theorem :
Maor, Eli.
The Pythagorean theorem : a 4,000-year history / Eli Maor. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007. - xvi, 259 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, music ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-250) and index.
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 -- Francois Viete 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 -- How did the Babylonians approximate [square root of]2? -- Pythagorean triples -- Sums of two squares -- A proof that [square root of]2 is irrational -- Archimedes' formula for circumscribing polygons -- Proof of some formulas from chapter 7 -- Deriving the equation x[superscript 2/3] + y[superscript 2/3] = 1 -- Solutions to brainteasers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D. App. E. App. F. App. G. App. H.
9780691125268 (acidfree paper) 0691125260 (acidfree paper)
2006050969
GBA716303 bnb
013683462 Uk
Pythagorean theorem--History.
QA460.P8 / M36 2007
516.22
The Pythagorean theorem : a 4,000-year history / Eli Maor. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007. - xvi, 259 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, music ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-250) and index.
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 -- Francois Viete 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 -- How did the Babylonians approximate [square root of]2? -- Pythagorean triples -- Sums of two squares -- A proof that [square root of]2 is irrational -- Archimedes' formula for circumscribing polygons -- Proof of some formulas from chapter 7 -- Deriving the equation x[superscript 2/3] + y[superscript 2/3] = 1 -- Solutions to brainteasers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. App. A. App. B. App. C. App. D. App. E. App. F. App. G. App. H.
9780691125268 (acidfree paper) 0691125260 (acidfree paper)
2006050969
GBA716303 bnb
013683462 Uk
Pythagorean theorem--History.
QA460.P8 / M36 2007
516.22