ENGLISH

Imagining numbers (particularly the square root of minus fifteen)

By Barry Mazur

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN
9780141931708, 0141931701
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (4957721 bytes)
Pages
(xvi, 270 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Mathematics--Philosophy;Imagination;Mathematics --

Description

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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