Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity
For two thousand years, mathematicians pursued a set of seemingly impossible problems inherited from antiquity. Tales of Impossibility traces this enduring quest and the mathematical ideas it inspired, offering a historical account of how ancient questions continued to shape the development of mathematics.
About This Book
Tales of Impossibility explores the long quest to solve the mathematical problems of antiquity.
Spanning 2,000 years, the book follows the persistence of questions that challenged generations of mathematicians.
David S. Richeson presents the subject as a history of mathematical ideas, problems, and discovery.
It offers a broad look at how ancient mathematical challenges continued to influence the course of mathematics.
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