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Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide


Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide

Paperback by Clegg, Brian; Pugh, Oliver

Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide

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ISBN:
9781848314061
Publication Date:
6 Sep 2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Icon Books
Pages:
176 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 23 - 24 Apr 2024
Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide

Description

Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers - and provoked and shocked others. The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. And a German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers. Brian Clegg and Oliver Pugh's brilliant graphic tour of infinity features a cast of characters ranging from Archimedes and Pythagoras to al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Galileo, Newton, Leibniz, Cantor, Venn, Gödel and Mandelbrot, and shows how infinity has challenged the finest minds of science and mathematics. Prepare to enter a world of paradox.

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