Download or read book A Field Guide to Algebra written by Antoine Chambert-Loir and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has a nonstandard choice of topics, including material on differential galois groups and proofs of the transcendence of e and pi. The author uses a conversational tone and has included a selection of stamps to accompany the text.