x+y by Eugenia Cheng

260 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction gender mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced

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From imaginary numbers to the fourth dimension and beyond, mathematics has always been about imagining things that seem impossible at first glance. In x+y, Eugenia Cheng draws on the insights of higher-dimensional mathematics to reveal a transform...

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