Imagining Numbers

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Imagining Numbers

(Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)

Popular science

Author: Barry Mazur

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Language: English

Published by: Penguin

Published on: 25th March 2004

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 4 Mb

ISBN: 9780141931708


About the Book

The book shows how the art of mathematical imagining is not as mysterious as it seems. Drawing on a variety of artistic resources the author reveals how anyone can begin to visualize the enigmatic imaginary numbers that first baffled mathematicians in the 16th century.

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