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Yearning for the impossible: the surprising truths of mathematics

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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."--

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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  Read more...

Author(s): Stillwell, John
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2018

Language: English
Pages: 310
Tags: Mathematics.;Mathematics -- History.;Mathematik

Content: The irrational --
The imaginary --
The horizon --
The infinitesimal --
Curved space --
The fourth dimension --
The ideal --
Periodic space --
The infinite --
Epilogue.