A brief history of infinity: the quest to think the unthinkable
Clegg, Brian
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.
Abstract: 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. This book takes us on a tour of borderland from Archimedes, counting the grains of sand that would fill the universe, to the theories on physical reality of the infinite.
Abstract: 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. This book takes us on a tour of borderland from Archimedes, counting the grains of sand that would fill the universe, to the theories on physical reality of the infinite.
კატეგორია:
წელი:
2013
გამომცემლობა:
Constable & Robinson
ენა:
english
გვერდები:
361
ISBN 10:
1841196509
ISBN 13:
9781841196503
ფაილი:
EPUB, 1.14 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013
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