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Preface -- 1. The irrational -- 1.1. The Pythagorean dream -- 1.2. The Pythagorean theorem -- 1.3. Irrational triangles -- 1.4. The Pythagorean nightmare -- 1.5. Explaining the irrational -- 1.6. The continued fraction for [square root of] 2 -- 1.7. Equal temperament -- 2. The imaginary -- Negative numbers -- Imaginary numbers -- Solving cubic equations -- 2.4. Real solutions via imaginary numbers -- 2.5. Where were imaginary numbers before 1572? -- 2.6. Geometry of multiplication -- 2. 7. Complex numbers give more than we aked for -- 2.8. Why call them "complex" numbers? -- 3. The horizon -- 3.1. Parallel lines -- 3.2. Coordinates -- 3.3 Parallel lines and vision -- 3.4. Drawing without measurement -- 3.5. The theorems of Pappus and Desargues -- 3.6. The little Desargues theorem -- What are the laws of algebra? -- 3.8. Projective addition and multiplication -- 4. The infinitesimal -- 4.1. Length and area -- 4.2. Volume -- 4.3. Volume of a tetrahedron -- 4.4. The circle -- 4.5. The parabola -- 4.6. The slopes of other curves -- 4.7. Slope and area -- 4.8. The value of [pi] -- 4.9. Ghosts of departed quantities. 5. Curved space -- 5.1. Flat space and medieval space -- 5.2. The 2-sph

Who reads Yearning for the Impossible : the Surprising Truths of Mathematics?

Author

Stillwell, John, Stillwell, John C.

Publisher

A K Peters/CRC Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781439865774

Category

science

Subjects

Mathematics, Fiction, History

Rating

4.09 / 5 (45 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13