By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous
statement in all of mathematics. In this book, Eli Maor reveals the
full story of this ubiquitous geometric theorem. Maor shows that
the theorem, although attributed to Pythagoras, was known to the
Babylonians more than a thousand years earlier. Pythagoras may have
been the first to prove it, but his proof--if indeed he had one--is
lost to us. The theorem itself, however, is central to almost every
branch of science, pure or applied. Maor brings to life many of the
characters that played a role in the development of the Pythagorean
theorem, providing a fascinating backdrop to perhaps our oldest
enduring mathematical legacy.
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