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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record AUTHOR Stillwell, John. TITLE Yearning for the impossible : the surprising truths of mathematics / John Stillwell. IMPRINT Wellesley : A. K. Peters, 2006. DESCRIPTION 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. NOTE Includes bibliographical references and index. CONTENT NOTE The irrational -- The imaginary -- The horizon -- The infinitesimal -- Curved space -- The fourth dimension -- The ideal -- Periodic space -- The infinite -- Epilogue. SUMMARY "This book explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the "impossible" as the author follows the discovery or invention of new concepts that have marked mathematical progress."-- Provided by publisher. SUBJECT Mathematics -- History. SUBJECT Mathematics. DISCIPLINE Mathematics. ISBN 9781568812540 (hbk.). Location Call Number Status English Book Collection 510 STI Available 在館