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100 1 _aMaor, Eli.
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245 1 4 _aThe Pythagorean theorem :
_ba 4,000-year history /
_cEli Maor.
260 _aPrinceton :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_cc2007.
300 _axvi, 259 p. :
_bill. (some col.), maps, music ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-250) and index.
505 0 0 _tPrologue : Cambridge, England, 1993 --
_g1.
_tMesopotamia, 1800 BCE --
_tSidebar 1 : did the Egyptians know it? --
_g2.
_tPythagoras --
_g3.
_tEuclid's Elements --
_tSidebar 2 : the Pythagorean theorem in art, poetry, and prose --
_g4.
_tArchimedes --
_g5.
_tTranslators and commentators, 500-1500 CE --
_g6.
_tFrancois Viete makes history --
_g7.
_tFrom the infinite to the infinitesimal --
_tSidebar 3 : a remarkable formula by Euler --
_g8.
_t371 proofs, and then some --
_tSidebar 4 : the folding bag --
_tSidebar 5 : Einstein meets Pythagoras --
_tSidebar 6 : a most unusual proof --
_g9.
_tA theme and variations --
_tSidebar 7 : A Pythagorean curiosity --
_tSidebar 8 : a case of overuse --
_g10.
_tStrange coordinates --
_g11.
_tNotation, notation, notation --
_g12.
_tFrom flat space to curved spacetime --
_tSidebar 9 : a case of misuse --
_g13.
_tPrelude to relativity --
_g14.
_tFrom Bern to Berlin, 1905-1915 --
_tSidebar 10 : four Pythagorean brainteasers --
_g15.
_tBut is it universal? --
_g16.
_tAfterthoughts --
_tEpilogue : Samos, 2005 --
_gApp. A.
_tHow did the Babylonians approximate [square root of]2? --
_gApp. B.
_tPythagorean triples --
_gApp. C.
_tSums of two squares --
_gApp. D.
_tA proof that [square root of]2 is irrational --
_gApp. E.
_tArchimedes' formula for circumscribing polygons --
_gApp. F.
_tProof of some formulas from chapter 7 --
_gApp. G.
_tDeriving the equation x[superscript 2/3] + y[superscript 2/3] = 1 --
_gApp. H.
_tSolutions to brainteasers.
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