Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics, Second Edition

by JohnStillwell (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2018

  $93.72

  Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truth of Mathematics, Second Edition explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the impossible as the author follows the discovery or invention of new concepts that have marked mathematical progress. The author puts these creations into a broader context involving related impossibilities from art, literature, philosophy, and physics. This new edition contains many new exercises and commentaries, clearly discussing a wide range of challenging subjects.