Book ID: CBB200934780

Metaphysics of the Pythagorean Theorem, The: Thales, Pythagoras, Engineering, Diagrams, and the Construction of the Cosmos out of Right Triangles (2018)

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Hahn, Robert (Author)


State University of New York Press


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 300
Language: English

Explores Thales’s speculative philosophy through a study of geometrical diagrams.

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Review Philip Thibodeau (2018) Review of "Metaphysics of the Pythagorean Theorem, The: Thales, Pythagoras, Engineering, Diagrams, and the Construction of the Cosmos out of Right Triangles". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (pp. 177-184). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ferguson, Kitty
Ricardo Salles
Schiefsky, Mark
Vuillemin, Jules
Sidoli, Nathan Camillo
Sherry, David M.
Journals
Apeiron: Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
Synthese
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Science and Education
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Cornell University Press
Walker
Johns Hopkins University Press
Icon Books Ltd.
Ashgate
A. Blanchard
Concepts
Mathematics
Philosophy
Astronomy
Geometry
Physics
Cosmology
People
Pythagoras
Thales of Miletus
Plato
Euclid
Theodosius of Bithynia
Ptolemy
Time Periods
Ancient
Renaissance
Medieval
17th century
Places
Greece
Middle and Near East
Egypt
Alexandria (Egypt)
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