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Introducing Infinity - A Graphic Guide (Paperback, New) Loot Price: R136
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Introducing Infinity - A Graphic Guide (Paperback, New)

Brian Clegg; Illustrated by Oliver Pugh

Series: Graphic Guides

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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, Goedel 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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Imprint: Icon Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Graphic Guides
Release date: September 2012
First published: 2013
Authors: Brian Clegg
Illustrators: Oliver Pugh
Dimensions: 168 x 120 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-84831-406-1
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > Mathematical logic
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > Mathematics for scientists & engineers
LSN: 1-84831-406-X
Barcode: 9781848314061

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