by Alan P . Kirman (Editor), Massimo Salzano (Editor)
"In some ways, the e?ect of achieving understanding is to reverse completely our initial attitude of mind. Anyone who has not yet seen why the side and the diagonal have no common unit regards this as quite extra- dinary. for nothing would so much ?abbergast a mathematician as if the diagonal and side of a square were to become commensurable".
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 237
Publisher: Springer
Published: 20 Sep 2004
ISBN 10: 8847002796
ISBN 13: 9788847002791