Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. List of Main Characters xi
5. Prologue xiii
6. PART I. A TIME CAPSULE?
7. Chapter 1. THE FIFTEEN PUZZLE 3
8. Chapter 2. The Impossible Manuscript 10
9. Chapter 3. Game Over 19
10. Chapter 4. A Trip to London 25
11. Chapter 5. A Letter from the Past 32
12. Chapter 6. Found and Lost 38
13. Chapter 7. A Death in the Family 46
14. PART II. AN EXTRAORDINARILY GIFTED MAN
15. Chapter 8. The Mission 53
16. Chapter 9. Norton Thorp 63
17. Chapter 10. Random Numbers 69
18. Chapter 11. Randomness Everywhere 76
19. Chapter 12. Vanished 82
20. PART III. A SECT OF NEO-PYTHAGOREANS
21. Chapter 13. The Mandate 85
22. Chapter 14. The Beacon 87
23. Chapter 15. The Team 98
24. Chapter 17. The Symbol of the Serpent 115
25. Chapter 18. A Professional Job 122
26. Chapter 19. With a Little Help from Your Sister 126
27. PART IV. PYTHAGORAS’ MISSION
28. Chapter 20. ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME 139
29. Chapter 21. Kidnapped 152
30. Chapter 22. The Last Piece of the Puzzle 158
31. Epilogue 169
32. Appendix 1: Jule’s Solution 171
33. Appendix 2: Infinitely Many Primes 173
34. Appendix 3: Random Sequences 175
35. Appendix 4: A Simple Visual Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem 177
36. Appendix 5: Perfect and Figured Numbers 178
37. Notes, Credits, and Bibliographical Sources 181