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The Pythagorean Theorem

Paperback • 2010 • English

The Pythagorean Theorem

By Eli Maor

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About the book

By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics. In this book, Eli Maor reveals the full story of this ubiquitous geometric theorem. Maor shows that the theorem, although attributed to Pythagoras, was known to the Babylonians more than a thousand years earlier. Pythagoras may have been the first to prove it, but his proof - if indeed he had one - is lost to us. The theorem itself, however, is central to almost every branch of science, pure or applied. M...Show more

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9780691148236

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

The Pythagorean Theorem

Format

Paperback

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