9780141008875-0141008873-Imagining Numbers : (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)

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

ISBN-13: 9780141008875
ISBN-10: 0141008873
Author: Barry Mazur
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780141008875
ISBN-10: 0141008873
Author: Barry Mazur
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback 288 pages

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Imagining Numbers : (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) (ISBN-13: 9780141008875 and ISBN-10: 0141008873), written by authors Barry Mazur, was published by Penguin Books Ltd in 2004. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Imagining Numbers : (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.34.

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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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