An imaginary tale the story of [the square root of minus one] - Nahin, Paul J. (Princeton University Press, 2010)
On t.p. "[the square root of minus one]" appears as a radical over "-1.". - Originally published: 1998
Includes bibliographical references and index
ch. 1 - Puzzles of imaginary numbers -- - ch. 2 - First try at understanding the geometry of (the square root of minus one) -- - ch. 3 - Puzzles start to clear -- - ch. 4 - Using complex numbers -- - ch. 5 - More uses of complex numbers -- - ch. 6 - Wizard mathematics -- - ch. 7 - Nineteenth century, cauchy, and the beginning of complex function theory