La secte des nombres: Le théorème de Pythagore

Synopsis of La secte des nombres: Le théorème de Pythagore

«La secte des nombres: Le théorème de Pythagore» is the mathematical essay by Claudi Alsina, published by RBA France in hardcover (153 pages, in French).

Claudi Alsina reconstructs Pythagoras, the thinker who founded in Crotona a community devoted to the study of numbers and asceticism. The book explores the legends about Pythagoras's life and death and shows why the theorem bearing his name remains relevant twenty-six centuries later, with influence on mathematics and philosophy.

It belongs to the collection «Le monde est mathématique», presented by Cédric Villani. The French edition was published in 2013.

For fans of popular mathematics and the history of science who want to know Pythagoras beyond his famous theorem.