Yearning for the impossible
the surprising truths of mathematics
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Author
Publication
2006 - A K Peters, Wellesley, MA, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3430061M
- ISBN-139781568812540
- ISBN-10156881254X
- OCLC Control Number62093052
- OCLC Control Numberyearningforimpos00stil
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005054950
- Goodreads165148
- LibraryThing1665493
Classifications
- DDC510
- LCCQA37.3 .S75 2006
Description
"This book explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the "impossible" as the author follows the discovery or invention of new concepts that have marked mathematical progress: - Irrational and Imaginary Numbers - The Fourth Dimension - Curved Space - Infinity and others The author puts these creations into a broader context involving related "impossibilities" from art, literature, philosophy, and physics. By imbedding mathematics into a broader cultural context and through his clever and enthusiastic explication of mathematical ideas the author broadens the horizon of students beyond the narrow confines of rote memorization and engages those who are curious about the place of mathematics in our intellectual landscape."--P.ublisher description.
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