Imagining Numbers
- Authors
- Mazur, Barry
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Tags
- science , history
- ISBN
- 9780141931708
- Date
- 2002-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 4.73 MB
- Lang
- en
The book shows how the art of mathematical imagining is not as mysterious as it seems. Drawing on a variety of artistic resources the author reveals how anyone can begin to visualize the enigmatic 'imaginary numbers' that first baffled mathematicians in the 16th century.