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296 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691146003
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the...
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296 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780691146003
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the...