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

by Barry Mazur

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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.
  • ISBN10 0141008873
  • ISBN13 9780141008875
  • Publish Date 25 March 2004 (first published 20 February 2003)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 11 June 2011
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 288
  • Language English