Introducing Infinity Guide
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Product Information
| ISBN | 9781848314061 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian Clegg |
| Publisher | Icon Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.104 |
| Publishing Date | 06/09/2012 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €9.91 |
| Tax | €0.59 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €10.50 |
| Availability | 4 units in external warehouse |
Product 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.