An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √-1 by Paul J. Nahin

An Imaginary Tale: The Story of √-1

Paul J. Nahin

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced

296 pages | first published 1998

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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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