What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure

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What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure

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Description:	Robyn Gioia Ever wonder where all the math theories came from and what drove the great minds to discover how things work? Meet Pythagoras, a young Greek boy born around 563 BCE. This engaging story of discovery is told through a fictionalized account of curiosity and persistence. The father of Pythagoras wants his son to be a merchant, but the son has other dreams. He likes to ponder the geometrical puzzles he sees before him. Why do columns lean, why is the ladder too short, and what is that specially knotted rope used by Neferheperhersekeper the builder? Left alone in a garden with a statue base shaped like a triangle, Pythagoras experiments by placing different colored tiles around the sides. Through visual discovery, the young Greek begins to understand the laws governing the right triangle and how that knowledge may help him. From this inquiry, the Pythagorean Theorem is born. Although a sophisticated concept to understand, the endearing storyline and delightful cartoon pictures help the youngest reader to grasp the concept behind "a squared + b squared = c squared." Gr. 3-4.
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