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Re: math history, posters
Posted:
Jul 23, 1996 12:52 PM
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On Tue, 23 Jul 1996, Karen Dee Michalowicz wrote:
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> > 2) I remember a book that proved the pythagorean theorem in hundreds of
> > different ways. Any idea what the title and publisher of this book might
> > be?
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> Dale Seymour Publications has a book by Sidney Kolpas entitled
> The Pythagorean Theorem - Eight Classic Proofs. I don't know
> of hundreds of proofs. I would love such a resource.
A book that might prove of interest: The Pythagorean Proposition
available through NCTM. An NCTM Classic first published in 1940.
Reprinted by NCTM in 1972. Lots of information about the Pythagorean Thm
Super reference.
Cheers!
Bill Tomhave
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