Description: An Imaginary Tale The Story of the Square Root of -1 by Paul Nahin 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. Paul J. Nahin is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire and the author of many best-selling popular math books, including The Logician and the Engineer and Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? (both Princeton).
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Subject Area: Math, History of Math, Square Root of -1
Publication Name: Imaginary Tale : the Story of the Square Root of Minus One
Item Length: 9in.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Subject: Math
Publication Year: 2007
Type: History
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Item Height: 0.8in.
Personalized: No
Author: Paul J. Nahin
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education, High School
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Features: Revised
Item Width: 6in.
Item Weight: 15 Oz
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
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