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Can one prove that 1 + 1 = 2? Which US president proved Pythagoras' theorem? How long is the coastline of Britain? These and many other questions are answered in this book on famous equations and their historical development. The equations come from a range of mathematical disciplines, and cover 4,000 years from early counting to fractal geometry.

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 4/21/2025
      ISBN-13 9780199607907
      978-0199607907
      ISBN-10 0199607907
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      Science & Nature Popular and recreational mathematics

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      Book Synopsis
      Can one prove that 1 + 1 = 2? Which US president proved Pythagoras' theorem? How long is the coastline of Britain? These and many other questions are answered in this book on famous equations and their historical development. The equations come from a range of mathematical disciplines, and cover 4,000 years from early counting to fractal geometry.

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