{"product_id":"imagining-numbers-paperback-1","title":"Imagining Numbers: (Particularly the Square Root of Minus Fifteen) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Mazur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Mazur\u003c\/b\u003e invites lovers of poetry to make a leap into mathematics. Through discussions of the role of the imagination and imagery in both poetry and mathematics, Mazur reviews the writings of the early mathematical explorers and reveals the early bafflement of these Renaissance thinkers faced with imaginary numbers. Then he shows us, step-by-step, how to begin imagining these strange mathematical objects ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Mazur\u003c\/b\u003e does his mathematics at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachussetts, with the writer Grace Dane Mazur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 5.5 x 8.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134545039495,"sku":"9780312421878","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/33a3e00d86732b7eb3dcc9c844f0fa7d_d3e82cab-b319-4f51-8cd1-0a0da82cc8ef.webp?v=1732642620","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/imagining-numbers-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}