2015-02-25
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One of the first people to stumble over imaginary numbers (namely the square root of -15) thought it was "subtle" and "useless".
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Featuring Barry Mazur.
Extra footage from this interview: /youtube/video/i4GCd2xOCDg
Barry's book on this topic: http://bit.ly/RootMinusFifteen
Barry on scale and similarity: /youtube/video/ItiFO5y36kw
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