An Imaginary Tale - The Story of Square Root Minus One by Paul J. Nahin

An Imaginary Tale - The Story of Square Root Minus One

Paul J. Nahin

296 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced

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Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the...

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