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

Title: Imagining Numbers: (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)
Author: Barry Mazur
I9781720167662: 1708697
ISBN: 9780312421878
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 288
Section: Poetry | General
Condition Note: Clean, 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.
Publisher Description:

Barry Mazur invites lovers of poetry to make a leap into mathematics. Through discussions of the role of the imagination and imagery in both poetry and mathematics, Mazur reviews the writings of the early mathematical explorers and reveals the early bafflement of these Renaissance thinkers faced with imaginary numbers. Then he shows us, step-by-step, how to begin imagining these strange mathematical objects ourselves.