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Imagining Numbers
Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Printed Book |
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London
Penguin Books
2004
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| Yhteenveto: | Mazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind? |
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| Ulkoasu: | xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780141008875 |