num_pages: 288
description: It sounds impossible, yet as this enchanting, quizzical and evocative book shows, the art of mathematical imagining is not as mysterious as it seems. Drawing on poetry, literature and philosophy, Barry Mazur shows how we can all make the leap of imagination in order to start visualizing the enigmatic 'imaginary numbers' tha
language: English
title: Imagining Numbers :
titlecomplete: Imagining Numbers : (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen)
genres: History, Science, Mathematics, Number, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 163
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd