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

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