Infinity a Graphic Guide

p>strong>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./strong>/p>p>br>/p>p>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, Godel and Mandelbrot, and shows how infinity has challenged the finest minds of science and mathematics. Prepare to enter a world of paradox. BOOKSONIX/p>

Product details

• Authors: Cleg, Bria Clegg, Brian Clegg, Clegg Brian, Pugh, Oliver Pugh
• Assisted by: Oliver Pugh (Illustration), Pugh Oliver (Illustration)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2012
• EAN: 9781848314061
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-406-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 119 mm x 168 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Introducing . . .; Introducing; Graphic Guides
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; popular science, STUDY AIDS / General, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / General, MATHEMATICS / Logic, MATHEMATICS / Calculus, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction, Mathematical logic, ANF:Science, Graphic Guides: Science, SCIENCE / Physics