Athens, 1929. Stefanos Kantartzis is found murdered, and Michael Igerinos, his best friend of 30 years, is being questioned by the police as the last person to see him alive. While looking at his dead friend's body, Michael is immediately taken back to the late summer of 1900 when he and Stefanos first met in the crammed Sorbonne University lecture hall. The story of their friendship begins during the Second International Congress of Mathematics--an event that was to become a landmark for 20th century mathematical ...
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Athens, 1929. Stefanos Kantartzis is found murdered, and Michael Igerinos, his best friend of 30 years, is being questioned by the police as the last person to see him alive. While looking at his dead friend's body, Michael is immediately taken back to the late summer of 1900 when he and Stefanos first met in the crammed Sorbonne University lecture hall. The story of their friendship begins during the Second International Congress of Mathematics--an event that was to become a landmark for 20th century mathematical research. At the root of this historically based work of fiction lies the question as to whether the solution to a mathematical problem could inspire such passion, so intense and perilous, as to drive someone to murder. The story takes the reader behind the scenes of academia, into the world of Bertrand Russell, Hilbert, Poincar???, and G???del, and through the streets of Bohemian Paris at the heyday of Montmartre, the Moulin Rouge, and the "Zut"--the infamous hangout of Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Max Jacob, and many other colorful characters. Pythagorean Crimes follows in the tradition of popular mathematical fiction like Doxiadis' Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture and Martinez' Oxford Murders . Yet brings with it old-world charm and the cultural richness of the social, political, scientific and intellectual circles of early 20th century France, Germany, and Greece.
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New. 2008. Paperback. Takes readers behind the scenes and into the lives of many of history's most fascinating and revolutionary minds, all while posing the question-could a mathematical discovery be so controversial and threatening as to drive one to kill? Num Pages: 272 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 320......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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New. After the murder of his best friend lands Michael Igerinos in the centre of the investigation as the prime suspect, he is transported back to the turn of the 20th Century, into the heart of Bohemian Paris and the sensual, hedonistic pursuits of the artists who haunted its infamous Moulin Rouge. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440. 2008. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
