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082			_a510.1 _bMAZ-I
100			_aMazur, Barry
245			_aImagining numbers : _bparticularly the square root of minus fifteen _cby Barry Mazur
260			_aLondon : _bAllen Lane, _c©2003
300			_axvi, 270 p. : _b ill. ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_tPART I Chapter 1.The imagination and roots. Chapter 2. Square roots and the imagination Chapter 3. Looking at numbers Chapter 4. Permission and laws Chapter 5. Economy of expression Chapter 6. Justifying laws
505			_tPART II Chapter 7. Bombelli's puzzle Chapter 8. Stretching the image Chapter 9. Putting geometry into numbers Chapter 10. Seeing the geometry in the numbers
505			_tPART III Chapter 11. The literature of discovery of geometry in numbers Chapter 12. Understanding algebra via geometry
520			_aMazur considers the range of our imaginative experiences, especially in relation to mathematics. When we imagine a number, in particular an impossible number such as the square root of a negative quantity, what imaginative object might this bring to mind?
650			_aImagination.
650			_aMathematics -- Philosophy.
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