Introducing Infinity : A Graphic Guide Paperback / softback
by Brian Clegg
Illustrated by Oliver Pugh
Part of the Graphic Guides series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, Illustrations, black & white
- Publisher:Icon Books
- Publication Date:06/09/2012
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- ISBN:9781848314061
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Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, Illustrations, black & white
- Publisher:Icon Books
- Publication Date:06/09/2012
- Category:
- ISBN:9781848314061
