TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clegg, Brian.
TI  - A brief history of infinity : : the quest to think the unthinkable 
SN  - 9781841196503
AV  - BD 411 .C54 2003 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London :	
PB  - Robinson,	
KW  - INFINITE
N1  - Includes references and index; 1. To Infinity and Beyond.--2. Counting on Your Fingers.--3. A Different Mathematics.--4. The Power of Number.--5. The Absolute.--6. Labelling the Infinite.--7. Peeking under the Carpet.--8. The Indivisible Mystery; 9 Fluxion Wars.--10. Paradoxes of the Infinite.--11. Set in Stone.--12.Thinking the Unthinkable.--13. Order versus the Cardinals.--14. An Infinity of Infinities.--15. Madness and Sanity.--16. Infinitesimally Small.--17. Infinity to Go.--18. Endless Fascination
N2  - Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy We human beings have trouble with infinity - yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating its nature and complexity - yet it is a concept routinely used by schoolchildren. Exploring the infinite is a journey into paradox. Here is a quantity that turns arithmetic on its head
ER  -