Symbols, Impossible Numbers, and Geometric Entanglements
Subtitle: British Algebra through the Commentaries on Newton's Universal Arithmetick
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521027403
Subjects: Algebra; History of mathematics; Mathematics; Science; Science/Mathematics; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Algebra - General; History & Philosophy; Algebra--Great Britain--History--17th century; Mathematics / Algebra / General; Mathematics-History & Philosophy; Science / History; History
First sentence: Thus the very advertisement to Girolamo Cardano's Great Art (Arsmagna) suggested the dawning of a new epoch in the algebra of the Western world.