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At the very beginning of his book on i, the square root of minus one, Paul Nahin warns his readers: "An Imaginary Tale has a very strong historical component to it, but that does not mean it is a mathematical lightweight. But don't read too much into that either. It is *not* a scholarly tome meant to be read only by some mythical, elite group ... Large chunks of this book can, in fact, be read and understood by a high school senior who has paid attention to his or her teachers in the standard fare of pre-college courses. Still, it will be most accessible to the million or so who each year complete a college course in freshman calculus ... But when I need to do an integral, let me assure you I have not fallen to my knees in dumbstruck horror. And neither should you."
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Year:
2007
Edition:
15. print, 1. paperback print., with a new preface and appen
Publisher:
Princeton Univ. Press
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIV, 267 Seiten : Diagramme 15,5 x 23,5 x 1,8
ISBN 10:
0691027951
ISBN 13:
9780691127989
ISBN:
9780691127989,0691127980,0691027951

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