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Book Title: Measuring Heaven : Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: History & Philosophy, Individual Philosophers, General, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, History / Ancient & Classical
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2007
Genre: Art, Architecture, Mathematics, Philosophy
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 376 Pages
