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Negative Math: How Mathematical Rules Can Be Positively Bent Alberto A. Martinez
Negative Math: How Mathematical Rules Can Be Positively Bent
Alberto A. Martinez
A student in class asks the math teacher: "Shouldn't minus times minus make minus?" Teachers soon convince most students that it does not. Yet the innocent question brings with it a germ of mathematical creativity. What happens if we encourage that thought, odd and ungrounded though it may seem? Few books in the field of mathematics encourage such
288 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 5, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691133911 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 233 × 15 mm · 436 g |
| Language | English |