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Review: Pythagoras' Revenge by Arturo Sangalli

By Sam Kean

1 July 2009

DAN BROWN’s nerdier copycats will be kicking themselves. Pythagoras believed in the across millennia, so why not let him come back? He spoke in near riddles and may have been assassinated, so there are plenty of false leads to run down. Add an enigmatic, neo-Pythagorean cult that is scouring the world for the reincarnation of The Master, his identity revealed only in an ancient document now in pieces, and voila, you have a mathematical thriller. crams in too many characters and almost puts every clue in italics, but it is a catchy plot…

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