TY  - BOOK
AU  - Derbyshire,John
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Unknown quantity: a real and imaginary history of algebra 
AV  - QA151 .D47 2006eb
U1  - 512.009 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Joseph Henry Press
KW  - Algebra
KW  - History
KW  - Algebra, Abstract
KW  - Algebra, Universal
KW  - Equations
KW  - Geometry, Algebraic
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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