Negative math : how mathematical rules can be positively bent : an easy introduction to the study of developing algebraic rules to describe relations among things /
Explores controversies in the history of numbers, especially the so-called negative and ''impossible'' numbers. This book uses history, puzzles, and lively debates to demonstrate how it is possible to devise new artificial systems of mathematical rules. It contends that departure...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |