Description
Title: Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics
Author: John Stillwell
ISBN: 9781568812540
Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press
Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1st Grove Press
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher : 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.
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