Pythagoras' Trousers

Author	: Margaret Wertheim
Publisher	: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages	: 336
Release	: 1997
ISBN-10	: 0393317242
ISBN-13	: 9780393317244
Rating	: 4/5 (42 Downloads)

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