Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide

Brian Clegg & Oliver Pugh
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.

Sujets: History, Philosophy, Science And Technology

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  • Auteur: Brian Clegg & Oliver Pugh
  • Rédacteur: n/a
  • Editeur: Icon Books
  • ISBN: 9781848314061