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Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An ancient Greek boy, Pythagoras, helps his cousins produce pleasant music when he adjusts the mathematical ratios between the part of their pipes and lyres, knowledge he would later use to become a famous philosopher.
Author
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xvi, 283 pages ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bringing together geometry and philosophy, this book undertakes a strikingly original study of the origins and significance of the Pythagorean theorem. Thales, whom Aristotle called the first philosopher and who was an older contemporary of Pythagoras, posited the principle of a unity from which all things come, and back into which they return upon dissolution. He held that all appearances are only alterations of this basic unity and there can be...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
315 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
From "1 + 1 = 2" to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, Crease locates 10 of the greatest equations in the panoramic sweep of Western history, showing how they are as integral to their time and place of creation as are great works of art. 43 illustrations.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An evocative tale of intrigue, romance, and treachery, Carol Goodman's spellbinding new novel, The Night Villa, follows the fascinating lives of two remarkable women centuries apart.
The eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 buried a city and its people, their treasures, and their secrets. Centuries later, echoes of this disaster resonate with profound consequences in the life of classics professor Sophie Chase.
In the aftermath
6) The math book: from Pythagoras to the 57th dimension, 250 milestones in the history of mathematics
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
527 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This book covers 250 milestones in mathematical history, beginning millions of years ago with ancient "ant odometers" and moving through time to our modern-day quest for new dimensions.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu sets out to uncover the truth behind the legendary lost city of Atlantis. A few years ago, Mark Adams made a strange discovery: Everything we know about the lost city of Atlantis comes from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Then he made a second, stranger discovery: Amateur explorers are still actively searching for this sunken city all around the world, based entirely...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
vii, 232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Tells the engaging and inspiring stories of thirty-five landmark scientific discoveries. From the first accurate prediction of an eclipse in 585 B.C. to the cloning of Dolly the sheep ... Adler clearly explains the context and importance of these discoveries."
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 103
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill., map ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents such poems as "Math Makes Me Feel Safe," "Fractions," "Pythagoras," and "Time Passes," by such writers as Janet S. Wong, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and Ilo Orleans.
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
95 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the theories of ancient Greek philosopher-scientists such as Ptolemy, Pythagoras, Hippocrates, and Aristotle, and describes scientific discoveries and their applications in ancient Greece.
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
American English, Italian Chocolate is a memoir in essays beginning in the American Midwest and ending in north central Italy. In sharply rendered vignettes, Rick Bailey reflects on donuts and ducks, horses and car crashes, outhouses and EKGs. He travels all night from Michigan to New Jersey to attend the funeral of a college friend. In a trattoria in the hills above the Adriatic, he ruminates on the history and glories of beans, from Pythagoras to...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is the perfect introduction for those who have a lingering fear of maths. If you think that maths is difficult, confusing, dull or just plain scary, then The Maths Handbook is your ideal companion. Covering all the basics including fractions, equations, primes, squares and square roots, geometry and fractals, Dr. Richard Elwes will lead you gently towards a greater understanding of this fascinating subject. Even apparently daunting concepts...
Author
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
383 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
In this book, you'll learn why Florence Nightingale introduced pie charts, how Lewis Carroll regarded Pythagoras, and why some infinities are larger than others. You'll also meet the mathematician who knew eight languages by the time he was 11, the one who was sent to jail for gambling and the one who published a lot yet never existed. Organized chronologically, with lots of math packed into every page, this book will appeal to the general reader...
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Math + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Math. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshiped it, and the Church used it to fend off heretics. Now it threatens the foundations of modern physics. For centuries the power of zero savored of the demonic; once harnessed, it became the most important tool in mathematics. For zero, infinity's twin, is not like other numbers. It is both nothing and everything.
In Zero, science journalist Charles Seife follows this innocent-looking...
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
Honey has played significant and varied roles in civilization: it is so sweet that bacteria can't survive in it, so it was our first food preservative and all-purpose wound salve. Honey wine, or mead, was the intoxicant of choice long before beer or wine existed. Hindus believe honey leads to a long life; Mohammed looked to honey as a remedy for all illness. Virgil; Aristotle; Pythagoras; Gregor Mendel; Sylvia Plath's father, Otto; and Sir Edmund...
Publisher
Lorber Films
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
An ineffably beautiful meditation on the mysterious cycles of life. Set in Italy's mountainous region of Calabria, it traces the path of one goatherder's soul as it passes from human to animal to vegetable to mineral. Director Michelangelo Frammartino was inspired by Pythagoras' belief in 'four-fold transmigration' of souls, but his film is far more physical than philosophical.
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