La secta de los números

Synopsis of La secta de los números

«La secta de los números: El teorema de Pitágoras» is the mathematics popularisation essay by Claudi Alsina published by RBA in hardcover (151 pages).

A journey through the history of the Pythagorean theorem, from its origins to its uses in geometry and number theory. Claudi Alsina explains the relationship between the legs and hypotenuse of a right triangle and addresses the square root, the spiral of Theodorus and other derivations of the theorem.

Published in 2010, it is the fifth volume of the collection El mundo es matemático; hardcover edition.

For those who enjoy mathematics popularisation and the history of science.