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Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics

By Eugenia Cheng

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
2017
ISBN
0465094813, 1541644131, 9780465094813, 9780465094820, 9781541644137
ASIN
B01LZOXGQF
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
11 MB (11455712 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
304\0
Orientation
no
Paginated
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2017-06-24 10:58:26
Popular Science; Mathematics

Description

How one powerful concept reveals the biggest (and smallest) mathematical truths How big is the universe? How many numbers are there? And is infinity + 1 is the same as 1 + infinity? Such questions occur to young children and our greatest minds. And they are all the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way, she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party, how to make a chicken-sandwich sandwich, and how to create infinite cookies from a finite ball of dough. Beyond Infinity shows how one little symbol holds the biggest idea of all.

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