| Description |
viii, 374 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
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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| ISBN |
030909657X (hardback : alk. paper) : $27.95 |
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9780309096577 : 52795 |
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