Imagining Numbers

By:

Barry Mazur

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Penguin Books 2004Description: xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:

9780141008875

Subject(s):

Mathematics -- Philosophy. Imagination

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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