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" Unknown quantity : "
John Derbyshire.
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BL
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103495
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b61040
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| Main Entry
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Derbyshire, John.
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| Title & Author
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Unknown quantity : : a real and imaginary history of algebra /\ John Derbyshire.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Joseph Henry Press,, c2006.
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viii, 374 p., [8] p. of plates :: ill., ports. ;; 24 cm.
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030909657X (hardback : alk. paper)
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: 9780309096577
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Math Primer: Numbers and Polynomials -- The Unknown Quantity -- Four Thousand Years Ago -- The Father of Algebra -- Completion and Reduction -- Math Primer: Cubic and Quartic Equations -- Commerce and Competition -- Relief for the Imagination -- Universal Arithmetic -- The Lions Claw -- Math Primer: Roots of Unity -- The Assault on the Quintic -- Math Primer: Vector Spaces and Algebras -- The Leap into the Fourth Dimension -- An Oblong Arrangement of Terms -- Victoria's Brumous Isles -- Levels of Abstraction Math Primer: Field Theory -- Pistols at Dawn -- Lady of the Rings -- Math Primer: Algebraic Geometry -- Geometry Makes a Comeback -- Algebraic This, Algebraic That -- From Universal Arithmetic to Universal Algebra.
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Algebra-- History.
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Equations-- History.
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Algebra, Universal-- History.
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Algebra, Abstract-- History.
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Geometry, Algebraic-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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512.009
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QA151.D47 2006
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