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Infinity : the quest to think the unthinkable
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"In this history, Brian Clegg takes us on a tour of that borderland between the extremely large and the ultimate, from Archimedes counting the grains of sand that would fill the universe, to the la...
"In this history, Brian Clegg takes us on a tour of that borderland between the extremely large and the ultimate, from Archimedes counting the grains of sand that would fill the universe, to the latest theories on the physical reality of the infinite. Infinity's fascination remains the way it brings together the everyday and the extraordinary. Exploring the infinite is nothing less than a journey into paradox."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Brian Clegg
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Carroll and Graf edition
- New York : Carroll & Graf, 2003
- Physical Details
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- 255 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780786712854, 0786712856
- OCLC
- ocm54059262
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-249) and index.
- 1. To Infinity and Beyond -- 2. Counting on Your Fingers -- 3. A Different Mathematics -- 4. The Power of Number -- 5. The Absolute -- 6. Labelling the Infinite -- 7. Peeking under the Carpet -- 8. The Indivisible Mystery -- 9. Fluxion Wars -- 10. Paradoxes of the Infinite -- 11. Set in Stone -- 12. Thinking the Unthinkable -- 13. Order versus the Cardinals -- 14. An Infinity of Infinities -- 15. Madness and Sanity -- 16. Infinitesimally Small -- 17. Infinity to Go -- 18. Endless Fascination