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Book Review: 1089 and all that: a journey into mathematics by David Acheson

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Vol: 
3
Num: 
4
Author(s)
Authors: 
Chris Sangwin
Abstract: 
The book opens with "the 1089 trick" and then continues with geometry and the obligatory graphical proof of Pythagoras^ Theorem...The style is chatty and crisp with well drawn and varied illustrations on almost every page...
Filename: 
341089.pdf
Keywords: 
1089, book review, Pythagoras theorem, graphical proof, algebra, imaginary numbers, MSOR Connections Nov 2003 Vol 3 No 4