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An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i [the square root of minus one] (Princeton Library Science Edition) (Princeton Science Library)
An Imaginary Tale The Story of i - the square root of minus one - Princeton Library Science Edition - Princeton Science Library
Author: Paul J. Nahin
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691146003
ISBN-10: 0691146004
Publication Date: 3/14/2010
Pages: 296
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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