{"product_id":"imaginary-tale-the-story-of-1","title":"Imaginary Tale: The Story of √-1","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eImaginary Tale: The Story of √-1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePaul J Nahin\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780691027951\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePrinceton University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1998\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e257\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Imaginary Tale: The Story of √-1 | Paul J Nahin | Hardcover | 9780691027951 | Used: Very Good | Science \u0026 Math 1755440","offer_id":49201169727640,"sku":"1755440","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71BZ6YN63OL.jpg?v=1780780713","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/imaginary-tale-the-story-of-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}