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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sangalli, Arturo, 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pythagoras.
Pythagoras / Fiction.
Pythagoras > Manuscripts > Fiction.
Pythagoras > Fiction.
Women mathematicians.
Historians.
Mathematicians.
Mathematics, Ancient.
FICTION > Mystery & Detective > General.
Mathematiques anciennes > Grece > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mathematiciens > Grece > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mathematiciennes > États-Unis > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Mathematics, Ancient > Greece > Fiction.
Mathematicians > Greece > Fiction.
Historians > England > Oxford > Fiction.
Women mathematicians > United States > Fiction.
United States.
Greece.
England > Oxford.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
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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-
Descripción Física:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9781400829903

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