A brief history of infinity : the quest to think the unthinkable / Brian Clegg.

By:

Clegg, Brian [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : c2003. Robinson, Description: 255 pages ; 20 cmISBN:

9781841196503

Subject(s):

INFINITE

LOC classification:

BD 411 .C54 2003

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU BALIWAG	NU BALIWAG	General Collection	General Circulation	GC BD 411 .C54 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.1	Available		NUBUL000000011

Includes references and index.

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.

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