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Imagining Numbers

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Penguin Books 2004Description: xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780141008875
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 512 MAZ-I
Summary: 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?
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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?

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