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Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-12-11 Pages: 176 Language: English Publisher: Icon Books 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 Pughs brilliant graphic tour of infinity features a cast of characters ranging from Archimedes and Pythagoras to al-Khwarizmi. Fibonacci. Galileo. Newton. Leibniz. Cantor. Venn. Godel and Mandelbrot. and shows how infinity has challenged the finest minds of science and mathematics. Prepare to enter a world of paradox.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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.

  • TheBookPeople

    Compact INTRODUCING guide to a boundlessly intriguing topic. The Ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. A German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers. How will you fare? Brian Clegg and Oliver Pugh's brilliant graphic introduction to Infinity is the unique, endlessly fascinating guide...

  • 184831406X
  • 9781848314061
  • Brian Clegg
  • 6 September 2012
  • Icon Books Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 176
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