Description
Barry Mazur 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.
Author: Barry Mazur
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 02/01/2004
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 5.50h x 8.40w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780312421878
ISBN10: 0312421877
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | General
About the Author
Barry Mazur does his mathematics at Harvard University and lives in Cambridge, Massachussetts, with the writer Grace Dane Mazur.
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