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Pythagoras : pioneering mathematician and musical theorist of Ancient Greece / by Karamanides, Dimitra.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The early years -- The traveling student -- Egypt and Babylon -- A return to Greece -- The Pythagorean school -- Pythagorean thought -- Pythagoras' legacy.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Pythagoras.; Philosophers;
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Problems with Pythagoras! / by Tarakson, Stella,author.(CARDINAL)395698; Roberts, Nick(Illustrator),illustrator.(CARDINAL)833370;
Tim Baker's got problems: he's failing maths, banished from Ancient Greece, and confused about what to call Mum's new boyfriend. What makes a good father anyway? Is it strength, courage and - strength! - like Hercules believes? Is it attractiveness? Wisdom? Intelligence? Does it have anything to do with beans? Let the Labours of Larry/Mr Green begin!540L
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Goddesses, Greek; Mathematics; Mythology, Greek; Stepfamilies; Time travel;
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Pythagoras' revenge : a mathematical mystery / by Sangalli, Arturo,1940-(CARDINAL)649735;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183).The celebrated mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras left no writings. But what if he had and the manuscript had never been found? Where would it be located? Two mathematicians, one American, one British, set out, unbeknownst to each other, to find the missing manuscript.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Pythagoras; Historians; Mathematics, Ancient; Secret societies; Women mathematicians;
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The cult of Pythagoras : math and myths / by Martínez, Alberto A.(CARDINAL)471418;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-255) and index.
Subjects: Mathematics; Geometry;
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The music of Pythagoras : how an ancient brotherhood cracked the code of the universe and lit the path from antiquity to outer space / by Ferguson, Kitty.(CARDINAL)361978;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-353) and index.Acknowledgments -- Lifetimes and other significant dates -- 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 -- 18. Janus face -- 19. The labyrinths of simplicity -- Epilogue : music or silence -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subjects: Pythagoras; Philosophy;
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Pythagoras and the ratios : a math adventure / by Ellis, Julie,1961-(CARDINAL)668003; Peacock, Phyllis Hornung,illustrator.(CARDINAL)673602;
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.AD740LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Pythagoras; Pythagorean theorem; Ratio and proportion;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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The pot thief who studied Pythagoras / by Orenduff, J. Michael(Jess Michael),1944-(CARDINAL)595329;
"When a shady character offers him $25,000 to steal a thousand-year-old pot from Albuquerque's Valle del Rio Museum, Hubert Schuze knows he should turn it down. His pot digging may be illegal, but it's a big step from that to robbery. But he figures it can't hurt just to visit the museum and assay his chances. He figured wrong. After deciding the museum is impregnable, he returns to his shop to find a BLM agent who accuses him of stealing the rare pot. Theft charges escalate to murder."--Back cover.
Subjects: Fiction.; Murder;
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The life and times of Pythagoras / by Harkins, Susan Sales.(CARDINAL)655592; Harkins, William H.(CARDINAL)475426;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Pythagoras; Philosophers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What's your angle Pythagoras? : a math adventure / by Ellis, Julie,1961-(CARDINAL)668003; Peacock, Phyllis Hornung,illustrator.(CARDINAL)673602;
In ancient Greece, young Pythagoras discovers a special number pattern (the Pythagorean theorem) and uses it to solve problems involving right triangles.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Pythagorean theorem; Geometry;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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How Plato and Pythagoras can save your life : the ancient Greek prescription for health and happiness / by Kardaras, Nicholas,1964-(CARDINAL)503301;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238).
Subjects: Self-consciousness (Awareness); Philosophy, Ancient.; Conduct of life.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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