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Pythagoras' revenge : a mathematical mystery /
The celebrated mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras left no writings. But what if he had and the manuscript was never found? Where would it be located? And what information would it reveal? These questions are the inspiration for the mathematical mystery novel Pythagoras' Revenge. Suspensef...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The celebrated mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras left no writings. But what if he had and the manuscript was never found? Where would it be located? And what information would it reveal? These questions are the inspiration for the mathematical mystery novel Pythagoras' Revenge. Suspenseful and instructive, Pythagoras' Revenge weaves fact, fiction, mathematics, computer science, and ancient history into a surprising and sophisticated thriller. The intrigue begins when Jule Davidson, a young American mathematician who trolls the internet for difficult math riddles and stumbles upon a neo- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780691049557 0691049556 9781400829903 1400829909 0691150192 9780691150192 9781282157507 1282157507 |