References for Theodorus

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  1. I Bulmer-Thomas, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

Articles:

  1. B Artmann, A proof for Theodorus' theorem by drawing diagrams, J. Geom. 49 (1-2) (1994), 3-35.
  2. M S Brown, Theaetetus : Knowledge as Continued Learning, Journal of the History of Philosophy 7 (1969), 359-379.
  3. L Giacardi, On Theodorus of Cyrene's problem, Arch. Internat. Hist. Sci. 27 (101) (1977), 231-236.
  4. T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics I (Oxford, 1921), 203-204, 209-212.
  5. R L McCabe, Theodorus' irrationality proofs, Math. Mag. 49 (4) (1976), 201-203.
  6. A Wasserstein, Theaetetus and the History of the Theory of Numbers, Classical Quarterly 8 (1958), 165-179.
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