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
0691125260 : HRD $24.95 9780691125268
Princeton Univ Pr, California Princeton Fulfillment Center 1445 Lower Ferry rd, Ewing, NJ, USA, 08618 SAN 630-639X