Unknown quantity a real and imaginary history of algebra - Derbyshire, John (Joseph Henry Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Keywords: Geschichte Anfänge-2000; MATHEMATICS / Algebra / Intermediate; Algebra; Algebra, Abstract; Algebra, Universal; Equations; Geometry, Algebraic; Geschichte; Algebra -- History; Equations -- History; Algebra, Universal -- History; Algebra, Abstract -- History; Geometry, Algebraic -- History; Algebraische Struktur