An Imaginary Tale The Story of the Square Root of -1 by Paul Nahin

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