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Pythagoras And His Theorem
Paul Strathern
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Pythagoras And His Theorem

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At a moment of great discovery, one Big Idea can change the world...Pythagoras was arguably the first 'genius' of Western culture, establishing a blend of high intellect and high lunacy, both of which have become recurrent features of this scholarly heritage.Most memorably, he created the Pythagorean Theorem, and established the concept of proofs in mathematics. Less well known was the religion he founded which forbade his disciples from eating beans or stepping over fallen poles!Pythagoras & His Theorem tells the remarkable story of the life of this poorly understood genius and the transforma...