Full name: Imagining Numbers: (particularly the square root of minus fifteen)

Author: Barry Mazur Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Mathematics, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780141008875 9780312421878 0141008873 0312421877

Shows how the art of mathematical imagining is not as mysterious as it seems. This book reveals how anyone can begin to visualize the enigmatic 'imaginary numbers' that first baffled mathematicians in the 16th century.