Yearning for the Impossible

John C. Stillwell

2006244 pages~~★★★★☆~~ 4.0 · 3Mathematics & Logic

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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:…

AuthorJohn C. Stillwell

Year2006

Length244 pages

ISBN9781568812540

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