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050 00 QA151|b.D47 2006 
100 1  Derbyshire, John 
245 10 Unknown quantity :|ba real and imaginary history of 
       algebra /|cJohn Derbyshire 
260    Washington, D.C. :|bJoseph Henry Press,|cc2006 
300    viii, 374 p., [8] p. of plates :|bill., ports. ;|c24 cm 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0  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 -- 
650  0 Algebra|xHistory 
650  0 Equations|xHistory 
650  0 Algebra, Universal|xHistory 
650  0 Algebra, Abstract|xHistory 
650  0 Geometry, Algebraic|xHistory 
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