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 | Was Pythagoras Chinese?: An Examination of Right Triangle Theory in Ancient China (1st Edition) by Frank J. Swetz, T. I. Kao, Kao Swetz Paperback, 75 Pages, Published 1977 ISBN-10: 0-271-01238-2 / 0271012382 ISBN-13: 978-0-271-01238-4 / 9780271012384 The title of this monograph, while intended to intrigue and attract the otherwise unresponsive reader, is not whimsically conceived. Of course, the historical figure of mathematical fame known as Pythagoras, born on the island of Samos in the 6th century B.C., was Greek, not Chinese. But there is an | |