An Imaginary Tale: The Story of Ö-1 In 1878, two brothers stole a mathematical papyrus from the ancient Egyptian burial site in the Egyptian Valley of Kings… List Price:$55.50 Our Price: $52.72

An Imaginary Tale: The Story of “i” [the square root of minus one]: complex numbers are what puzzle many non-mathematicians the most. It’s intuitively easy to explain Rational and Real numbers to the layman, but complex numbers are often seen as something mysterious. In this book, Nahin goes the extra mile in his attempt to provide historical details as well as insight into the motivation behind complex analysis, offering a serious introduction to the topic that will also serve many mathematically inclined high schoolers and freshmen well.

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