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Pythagoras' revenge : a mathematical mystery / Arturo Sangalli.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780691049557
  • 0691049556
  • 9781400829903
  • 1400829909
  • 0691150192
  • 9780691150192
  • 9781282157507
  • 1282157507
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pythagoras' revenge.DDC classification:
  • 813.6 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3619.A565 P98 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. A time capsule? -- pt. 2. An extraordinarily gifted man -- pt. 3. A sect of neo-pythagoreans -- pt. 4. Pythagoras' mission.
Summary: 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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pt. 1. A time capsule? -- pt. 2. An extraordinarily gifted man -- pt. 3. A sect of neo-pythagoreans -- pt. 4. Pythagoras' mission.

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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