| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xii, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-278] and index. |
| Contents |
The mathematician as demigod -- Desert virtuosi -- Through the veil -- Rebuilding the cosmos -- Touching the bronze sky -- Exuberant life -- Number emerges from shape -- Living at the limit -- The deep point of the dream -- Magic casements -- Reaching through ... or past ... history? |
| Subject |
Pythagorean theorem -- History.
|
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Mathematics -- History.
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| Added Author |
Kaplan, Ellen, 1936-
|
| ISBN |
9781596915220 |
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1596915226 |
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