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INTRODUCING INFINITY
A GRAPHIC GUIDE |
| By: |
Brian Clegg, Oliver Pugh (Illus) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
184831406X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781848314061 |
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| Publisher: |
ICON BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
6 September, 2012 |
| Series: |
Introducing... |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
Compact INTRODUCING guide to a boundlessly intriguing topic. |
| Synopsis: |
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, Godel 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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Illustrations, unspecified |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Icon Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
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