The Pythagorean theorem: a 4,000-year history
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| adam_text | THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM A 4,000-YEAR HISTORY ELI MAOR PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD CONTENTS LIST OF COLOR PLATES IX
PREFACE XI PROLOGUE: CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, 1993 1 1 MESOPOTAMIA, 1800 BCE
4 SIDEBAR 1: DID THE EGYPTIANS KNOW IT? 13 2 PYTHAGORAS 17 3 EUCLID S
ELEMENTS 32 SIDEBAR 2: THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM IN ART, POETRY, AND PROSE
45 4 ARCHIMEDES 50 5 TRANSLATORS AND COMMENTATORS, 500-1500 CE 57 6
FRANCOIS VIETE MAKES HISTORY 76 7 FROM THE INFINITE TO THE INFINITESIMAL
82 SIDEBAR 3: A REMARKABLE FORMULA BY EULER 94 8 371 PROOFS, AND THEN
SOME 98 SIDEBAR 4: THE FOLDING BAG 115 SIDEBAR 5: EINSTEIN MEETS
PYTHAGORAS ^ 117 SIDEBAR 6: A MOST UNUSUAL PROOF 119 9 A THEME AND
VARIATIONS 123 SIDEBAR 7: A PYTHAGOREAN CURIOSITY 140 SIDEBAR 8: A CASE
OF OVERUSE 142 10 STRANGE COORDINATES 145 11 NOTATION, NOTATION,
NOTATION 158 VIII * CONTENTS 12 FROM FLAT SPACE TO CURVED SPACETIME 168
SIDEBAR 9: A CASE OF MISUSE 177 13 PRELUDE TO RELATIVITY 181 14 FROM
BERN TO BERLIN, 1905-1915 188 SIDEBAR 10: FOUR PYTHAGOREAN BRAINTEASERS
197 15 BUT IS IT UNIVERSAL? 201 16 AFTERTHOUGHTS 208 EPILOGUE: SAMOS,
2005 213 APPENDIXES A. HOW DID THE BABYLONIANS APPROXIMATE V2? 219 B.
PYTHAGOREAN TRIPLES 221 C. SUMS OF TWO SQUARES 223 D. A PROOF THAT ^2 IS
IRRATIONAL 227 E. ARCHIMEDES FORMULA FOR CIRCUMSCRIBING POLYGONS 229 F.
PROOF OF SOME FORMULAS FROM CHAPTER 7 231 G. DERIVING THE EQUATION X 2B
+ Y 2 3 = 1 235 H. SOLUTIONS TO BRAINTEASERS 237 CHRONOLOGY * 241
BIBLIOGRAPHY 247 ILLUSTRATIONS CREDITS - 251 INDEX 253
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THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM A 4,000-YEAR HISTORY ELI MAOR PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON AND OXFORD CONTENTS LIST OF COLOR PLATES IX
PREFACE XI PROLOGUE: CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, 1993 1 1 MESOPOTAMIA, 1800 BCE
4 SIDEBAR 1: DID THE EGYPTIANS KNOW IT? 13 2 PYTHAGORAS 17 3 EUCLID'S
ELEMENTS 32 SIDEBAR 2: THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM IN ART, POETRY, AND PROSE
45 4 ARCHIMEDES 50 5 TRANSLATORS AND COMMENTATORS, 500-1500 CE 57 6
FRANCOIS VIETE MAKES HISTORY 76 7 FROM THE INFINITE TO THE INFINITESIMAL
82 SIDEBAR 3: A REMARKABLE FORMULA BY EULER 94 8 371 PROOFS, AND THEN
SOME 98 SIDEBAR 4: THE FOLDING BAG 115 SIDEBAR 5: EINSTEIN MEETS
PYTHAGORAS ^ 117 SIDEBAR 6: A MOST UNUSUAL PROOF 119 9 A THEME AND
VARIATIONS 123 SIDEBAR 7: A PYTHAGOREAN CURIOSITY 140 SIDEBAR 8: A CASE
OF OVERUSE 142 10 STRANGE COORDINATES 145 11 NOTATION, NOTATION,
NOTATION 158 VIII * CONTENTS 12 FROM FLAT SPACE TO CURVED SPACETIME 168
SIDEBAR 9: A CASE OF MISUSE 177 13 PRELUDE TO RELATIVITY 181 14 FROM
BERN TO BERLIN, 1905-1915 188 SIDEBAR 10: FOUR PYTHAGOREAN BRAINTEASERS
197 15 BUT IS IT UNIVERSAL? 201 16 AFTERTHOUGHTS 208 EPILOGUE: SAMOS,
2005 213 APPENDIXES A. HOW DID THE BABYLONIANS APPROXIMATE V2? 219 B.
PYTHAGOREAN TRIPLES 221 C. SUMS OF TWO SQUARES 223 D. A PROOF THAT ^2 IS
IRRATIONAL 227 E. ARCHIMEDES' FORMULA FOR CIRCUMSCRIBING POLYGONS 229 F.
PROOF OF SOME FORMULAS FROM CHAPTER 7 231 G. DERIVING THE EQUATION X 2B
+ Y 2 ' 3 = 1 235 H. SOLUTIONS TO BRAINTEASERS 237 CHRONOLOGY * 241
BIBLIOGRAPHY 247 ILLUSTRATIONS CREDITS - 251 INDEX 253 |
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