Imagining Numbers

(Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)

• Author(s): Barry Mazur,
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Pages: 288
• ISBN_10: 0141931701
  ISBN_13: 9780141931708
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Mathematics / Number Theory , Mathematics / General ,

Description:... The book shows how the art of mathematical imagining is not as mysterious as it seems. Drawing on a variety of artistic resources the author reveals how anyone can begin to visualize the enigmatic 'imaginary numbers' that first baffled mathematicians in the 16th century.