**Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truth of Mathematics, Second Edition** explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the impossible as the author follows the discovery or invention of new concepts that have marked mathematical progress. The author puts these creations into a broader context involving related impossibilities from art, literature, philosophy, and physics. This new edition contains many new exercises and commentaries, clearly discussing a wide range of challenging subjects.

Book Author	John Stillwell
Book Series	AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
Format	eBook
ISBN	9781138596214
Language	English
Pages	245
Publisher	CRC Press
Publication Date	2018-05-20