Infinity : a very short introduction / Ian Stewart.
Series: Very short introductions ; 519.Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.Description: xvi, 143 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780198755234 (pbk.)
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| 511.3 KAT Distilling ideas : | 511.3 LAM AMS page a day calendar / | 511.3 STE Foundations of mathematics / | 511.3 STE Infinity : a very short introduction / | 511.3092 TIE After Gödel : | 511.30924 WAN Reflections on Kurt Gödel / | 511.322 HAL Naive set theory / |
Puzzles, proofs, and paradoxes --
Encounters with the infinite --
Historical views of infinity --
The flipside of infinity --
Geometric infinity --
Physical infinity --
Counting infinity.
Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and philosophy. He shows that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise, and analyses its important practical everyday applications.
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