Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra by John Derbyshire
Joseph Henry Press | May 15, 2006 | English | ISBN: 030909657X | 391 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Joseph Henry Press | May 15, 2006 | English | ISBN: 030909657X | 391 pages | PDF | 9 MB
Prime Obsession taught us not to be afraid to put the math in a math book. Unknown Quantity heeds the lesson well. So grab your graphing calculators, slip out the slide rules, and buckle up! John Derbyshire is introducing us to algebra through the ages – and it promises to be just what his die-hard fans have been waiting for. "Here is the story of algebra." With this deceptively simple introduction, we begin our journey.