Reading: Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra

I finished reading this book the other day. Unknown Quantity: A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra was very good because it filled in some of the background of the development and growth of Algebra throughout history. The wars in Europe had a profound effect on many mathematicians and their work.

Some time after the first of the year, I think I will reread it and take notes as I read it. There are some concepts that could be more firmly fixed in my brain.

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