The metaphysics of the Pythagorean theorem : Thales, Pythagoras, engineering, diagrams, and the construction of the cosmos out of right triangles
Albany
State University of New York Press
2017
xvi, 283 pages : illustrations )some color( ; 29 cm.
SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy
Includes bibliographical references and index
by Robert Hahn
Metaphysics, geometry, and the problems with diagrams -- The Pythagorean theorem: Euclid I.74 and VI.13 -- Thales and geometry: Egypt, Miletus, and beyond -- Pythagoras and the famous theorems -- From the Pythagorean theorem to the construction of the cosmos out of right triangles