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An Imaginary Tale: The Story of -1
Paul J. Nahin
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Description for An Imaginary Tale: The Story of -1
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 halftone. 47 line illus. BIC Classification: PBH; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i. He recreates the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up, and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. In 1878, when two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Valley of Kings, they led scholars to the earliest ... Read more
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i. He recreates the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up, and the colorful characters who tried to solve them. In 1878, when two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Valley of Kings, they led scholars to the earliest ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Princeton Science Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691169248
SKU
V9780691169248
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About Paul J. Nahin
Paul J. Nahin is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire and the author of many best-selling popular math books, including The Logician and the Engineer and Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? (both Princeton).
Reviews for An Imaginary Tale: The Story of -1
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1999 Honorable Mention for the 1998 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Mathematics, Association of American Publishers A book-length hymn of praise to the square root of minus one.
Brian Rotman, Times Literary Supplement An Imaginary Tale is marvelous reading and hard to put down. Readers will find that Nahin has ... Read more
Brian Rotman, Times Literary Supplement An Imaginary Tale is marvelous reading and hard to put down. Readers will find that Nahin has ... Read more