Format:
Book
Author:
Derbyshire, John.
Title:
Unknown quantity : a real and imaginary history of algebra / John Derbyshire.
Publisher, Date:
Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2006.
Description:
viii, 374 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Algebra -- History.
Equations -- History.
Algebra, Universal -- History.
Algebra, Abstract -- History.
Geometry, Algebraic -- History.
Electronic books.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Math Primer: Numbers and Polynomials -- The Unknown Quantity -- Four Thousand Years Ago -- The Father of Algebra -- Completion and Reduction -- Math Primer: Cubic and Quartic Equations -- Commerce and Competition -- Relief for the Imagination -- Universal Arithmetic -- The Lions Claw -- Math Primer: Roots of Unity -- The Assault on the Quintic -- Math Primer: Vector Spaces and Algebras -- The Leap into the Fourth Dimension -- An Oblong Arrangement of Terms -- Victoria's Brumous Isles -- Levels of Abstraction Math Primer: Field Theory -- Pistols at Dawn -- Lady of the Rings -- Math Primer: Algebraic Geometry -- Geometry Makes a Comeback -- Algebraic This, Algebraic That -- From Universal Arithmetic to Universal Algebra.
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LCCN:
2005037018
ISBN:
030909657X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780309096577 (hardback : alk. paper)
Other Number:
62742568
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
337662
Call Number:
512.009 D427
Course Reserves:
0
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