9780312421878-0312421877-Imagining Numbers: (particularly the square root of minus fifteen)

Imagining Numbers: (particularly the square root of minus fifteen)

ISBN-13: 9780312421878
ISBN-10: 0312421877
Edition: First Edition
Author: Barry Mazur
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780312421878
ISBN-10: 0312421877
Edition: First Edition
Author: Barry Mazur
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback 288 pages

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Imagining Numbers: (particularly the square root of minus fifteen) (ISBN-13: 9780312421878 and ISBN-10: 0312421877), written by authors Barry Mazur, was published by Picador in 2004. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other History (Mathematics, Consciousness & Thought, Philosophy) 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 History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.5.

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Barry Mazur invites lovers of poetry to make a leap into mathematics. Through discussions of the role of the imagination and imagery in both poetry and mathematics, Mazur reviews the writings of the early mathematical explorers and reveals the early bafflement of these Renaissance thinkers faced with imaginary numbers. Then he shows us, step-by-step, how to begin imagining these strange mathematical objects ourselves.

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