Unknown quantity : a real and imagined history of algebra
Derbyshire, John2007
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The author gives expert form to the beauty and mystery of the most abstract of mathematical disciplines - algebra. He brings to life the cast of characters each of whom, through the centuries and across the world, played a role in its history.
Main title:
Unknown quantity : a real and imagined history of algebra / John Derbyshire.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Atlantic, 2007.
Collation:
viii, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry, 2006.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781843545699 (hbk)
Dewey class:
512.009512.009DER
Language:
English
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BRN:
106619