Pythagoras, his lives and the legacy of a rational universe, Kitty Ferguson
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Pythagoras, his lives and the legacy of a rational universe, Kitty Ferguson
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
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Pythagoras
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624418412
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Kitty Ferguson
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his lives and the legacy of a rational universe
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Sixth Century B.C. -- 0.`At the hinge of legend and history' -- 1.The Long-haired Samian -- 2.`Entirely different from the institutions of the Greeks' -- 3.`Among them was a man of immense knowledge' -- 4.`My true race is of Heaven' -- 5.`All things known have number' -- 6.`The Famous Figure of Pythagoras' -- pt. II Fifth Century B.C.--Seventh Century A.D. -- 7.A Book by Philolaus the Pythagorean -- 8.Plato's Search for Pythagoras -- 9.The ancients, our superiors, who dwelt nearer to the gods, have passed this word on to us' -- 10.From Aristotle to Euclid -- 11.The Roman Pythagoras -- 12.Through Neo-Pythagorean and Ptolemaic Eyes -- 13.The Wrap-up of Antiquity -- pt. III Eighth--Twenty-first Centuries A.D. -- 14.`Dwarfs on the shoulders of giants': Pythagoras in the Middle Ages -- 15."Wherein Nature shows herself most excellent and complete' -- 16.`While the morning stars sang together': Johannes Kepler -- 17.Enlightened and Illuminated --Contents note continued: 18.Janus Face -- 19.The Labyrinths of Simplicity -- Epilogue: Music or Silence
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