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Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics

Name: Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics
ISBN: 9781568812540

John Stillwell

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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.

Thể loại:

Fiction - Humour

Năm:

2006

Nhà xuát bản:

AK Peters, Ltd.

Ngôn ngữ:

english

Trang:

246

ISBN 10:

156881254X