Hidden harmonies : the lives and times of the Pythagorean theorem / Robert Kaplan and Ellen Kaplan ; illustrations by Ellen Kaplan.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2011.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 290 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: An outlook on insights. 1. The mathematician as demigod 2. Desert virtuosi 3. Through the veil 4. Rebuilding the cosmos 5. Touching the bronze sky 6. Exuberant life 7. Number emerges from shape 8. Living at the limit 9. The deep point of the dream 10. Magic casements. Afterword: Reaching through, or past, history? Acknowledgments. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index
