Imagining numbers : (particularly the square root of minus fifteen)
(Book - Regular Print)

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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
270 pages
Status
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
512 MAZ
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
A tour of the creative side of mathematics describes the first use of imaginary numbers in sixteenth-century Italy and the subsequent two-hundred-year effort to perfect the process, citing the words of key Renaissance thinkers.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mazur, B. (2002). Imagining numbers: (particularly the square root of minus fifteen) (First edition.). Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mazur, Barry. 2002. Imagining Numbers: (particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen). Farrar, Straus, and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Mazur, Barry. Imagining Numbers: (particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mazur, Barry. Imagining Numbers: (particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) First edition., Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002.

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