Imagining Numbers
Barry Mazur
Imagining Numbers - London Penguin Books 2004 - xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?
9780141008875
Mathematics -- Philosophy. Imagination.
512 MAZ-I
Imagining Numbers - London Penguin Books 2004 - xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?
9780141008875
Mathematics -- Philosophy. Imagination.
512 MAZ-I