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The author gives expert form to the beauty and mystery of the most abstract of mathematical disciplines - algebra. He brings to life the cast of characters each of whom, through the centuries and across the world, played a role in its history.Derbyshire, John is the author of 'Unknown Quantity A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra', published 2007 under ISBN 9780452288539 and ISBN 0452288533.
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