(August 9, 2022 at 9:20 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:(August 9, 2022 at 8:35 am)Fireball Wrote: Reading John Derbyshire's "Unknown Quantity", subtitled "A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra".
Looking it up, it’s a shame that the author didn’t just stick with talking about maths. Because he’s really gone off the deep end in recent years
Well, I'll be. I like his book, but he's a schnook.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.