The Cult of Pythagoras: Math and Myths - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822962700ISBN-10:822962705UPC:9780822962700Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & PhilosophySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCTB8Q74WA
The Cult of Pythagoras: Math and Myths
In this follow-up to his popular Science Secrets, Alberto A. Mart\u00ednez discusses various popular myths from the history of mathematics: that Pythagoras proved the hypotenuse theorem, that Archimedes figured out how to test the purity of a gold crown while he was in a bathtub, that the Golden Ratio is in nature and ancient architecture, that the young Galois created group theory the night...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822962700ISBN-10:822962705UPC:9780822962700Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & PhilosophySize:9.30 x 6.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.0119Product ID:SCTB8Q74WA
Alberto A. Martínez is associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Science Secrets: The Truth about Darwin's Finches, Einstein's Wife, and Other Myths, Kinematics: The Lost Origins of Einstein's Relativity, and Negative Math: How Mathematical Rules Can Be Positively Bent.
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