An edition of An imaginary tale: the story of [the square root of minus one] (1998)

An Imaginary Tale

The Story of "i" [the square root of minus one]

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An edition of An imaginary tale: the story of [the square root of minus one] (1998)

An Imaginary Tale

The Story of "i" [the square root of minus one]

New Ed edition

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  • 2 Have read

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, re-creating the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up and the colorful characters who tried to solve them.

Addressing readers with both a general and scholarly interest in mathematics, Nahin weaves into this narrative entertaining historical facts, mathematical discussions, and the application of complex numbers and functions to important problems.

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Princeton University Press
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288

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Complex Numbers, Mathematics, Números complexos (geometria), Numbers, complex
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Imaginary Tale
2016, Princeton University Press
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An Imaginary Tale The Story Of The Square Root Of Minus One
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Imaginary Tale: The Story Of √-1
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An imaginary tale: the story of [the square root of minus one]
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An Imaginary Tale: The Story of "i" [the square root of minus one]
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An imaginary tale: the story of [the square root of minus one]
1998, Princeton University Press
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First Sentence

"At the end of his 1494 book Summa de Arithmetical, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita, summarizing all the knowledge of that time on arithmetic, algebra (including quadratic equations), and trigonometry, the Franciscan friar Luca Pacioli (circa 1445-1514) made a bold assertion."

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Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Weight
14.1 ounces

Edition Identifiers

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OL7759281M
ISBN 10
0691127980
ISBN 13
9780691127989
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124016
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357209

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OL1907386W

First Sentence

"At the end of his 1494 book Summa de Arithmetical, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita, summarizing all the knowledge of that time on arithmetic, algebra (including quadratic equations), and trigonometry, the Franciscan friar Luca Pacioli (circa 1445-1514) made a bold assertion."

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