Imagining Numbers : (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)

Imagining Numbers : (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) image
ISBN-10:

0141008873

ISBN-13:

9780141008875

Author(s): Mazur, Barry
Released: Jan 01, 2004
Format: Paperback
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Description:

It sounds impossible, yet as this enchanting, quizzical and evocative book shows, the art of mathematical imagining is not as mysterious as it seems. Drawing on poetry, literature and philosophy, Barry Mazur shows how we can all make the leap of imagination in order to start visualizing the enigmatic 'imaginary numbers' tha











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