Description |
1 online resource (xv, 183 pages) : illustrations, map |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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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Subject |
Pythagoras -- Fiction.
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Pythagoras. |
Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Pythagoras / Fiction. |
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Women mathematicians -- United States -- Fiction.
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Women mathematicians. |
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United States. |
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Historians -- England -- Oxford -- Fiction.
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Historians. |
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England -- Oxford. |
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Mathematicians, Ancient -- Greece -- Fiction.
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Electronic books.
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Mystery fiction.
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Fiction.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Sangalli, Arturo, 1940- Pythagoras' revenge. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008944149 |
ISBN |
9780691049557 (Cloth) |
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0691049556 (Cloth) |
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9781400829903 (electronic book) |
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1400829909 (electronic book) |
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0691150192 |
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9780691150192 |
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9780691150192 |
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