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Summary: Wonderful book -- very highly recommend it
Comment: A fantastic resource for anyone who has an inclination to learn math with history of how it really developed. I truly felt sorry that I didn't have this book when I was learning Trignometry in high school -- would have used De Moivre's theorem to derive the interesting identities without having to resort to painful coordinate geometry proofs.
ps: this book is not bedtime reading
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Summary: An Imaginary Tale: The Story of "i" [the square root of minus one]
Comment: A good readable review of i. Begins with a discussion of Cardan(o)'s solution of the cubic equation with its unexpected side effects, and ends with contour integration.
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Summary: calculus required
Comment: I thought this book would touch on the philosophical implications of the imaginary number. I was quite surprised to see the calculus level equations on pretty much every page of the book. If you are an accomplished math genius and want to know about the history of imaginary numbers, then this might be a great book. However, if you are a mere mortal and looking for an interesting read about math, this one might be a bit much.
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Summary: Defective Copy
Comment: Many unprinted pages (114, 115, 118, 119,122, 123,126,127,130,131, 134,135, 138, 139, 142, 143) that neither Princeton Paperbacks (not sold directly by them) or Amazon (more that 30 days) would stand behind.
This is a book that gave me additional prspestives to i.
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Summary: What a stupid review system Amazon has
Comment: I would give this 5 stars but your review system won't allow me to. Every time I move the cursor ot 5 stars, it blanks out. This is studid.
Who made up your WEB site? A trained chimpanze?
Summary: Wonderful book -- very highly recommend it
Comment: A fantastic resource for anyone who has an inclination to learn math with history of how it really developed. I truly felt sorry that I didn't have this book when I was learning Trignometry in high school -- would have used De Moivre's theorem to derive the interesting identities without having to resort to painful coordinate geometry proofs.
ps: this book is not bedtime reading
Customer Rating:
Summary: An Imaginary Tale: The Story of "i" [the square root of minus one]
Comment: A good readable review of i. Begins with a discussion of Cardan(o)'s solution of the cubic equation with its unexpected side effects, and ends with contour integration.
Customer Rating:
Summary: calculus required
Comment: I thought this book would touch on the philosophical implications of the imaginary number. I was quite surprised to see the calculus level equations on pretty much every page of the book. If you are an accomplished math genius and want to know about the history of imaginary numbers, then this might be a great book. However, if you are a mere mortal and looking for an interesting read about math, this one might be a bit much.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Defective Copy
Comment: Many unprinted pages (114, 115, 118, 119,122, 123,126,127,130,131, 134,135, 138, 139, 142, 143) that neither Princeton Paperbacks (not sold directly by them) or Amazon (more that 30 days) would stand behind.
This is a book that gave me additional prspestives to i.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What a stupid review system Amazon has
Comment: I would give this 5 stars but your review system won't allow me to. Every time I move the cursor ot 5 stars, it blanks out. This is studid.
Who made up your WEB site? A trained chimpanze?
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