Questions tagged [the-subtle-knife]
Use this tag for questions about "The Subtle Knife", the second novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman published in 1997. The story follows Will Parry, a young boy living in modern-day Oxford, England who find letters belonging to his missing father and sets off to discover the truth about his him. Always use in conjunction with [his-dark-materials].
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Looking for Philip Pullman quote re imaginary numbers and possibly daemons/dæmons
Besides the term 'imaginary numbers' being used in the actual books:
Adam and Eve are like imaginary numbers, like the square root of minus one… If you include it in your equation, you can calculate ...
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