Imagining Numbers (particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)Allen Lane, 2003 - 270 strani This is a book about the imagination in general and about the mathematical imagination in particular. Barry Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences. When we read a line of poetry - The yellow of the tulip - what is it we experience in the mind's eye? And when we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind? |
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Imagining Numbers: (particularly the square root of minus fifteen) Barry Mazur Omejen predogled - 2004 |
Imagining Numbers: (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) Barry Mazur Omejen predogled - 2004 |
Imagining Numbers: (particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) Barry Mazur Omejen predogled - 2003 |