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Infinity a Graphic Guide

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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>

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Authors Clegg Brian, Pugh, Oliver Pugh, Cleg, Bria Clegg, Brian Clegg
Assisted by Oliver Pugh (Illustration), Pugh Oliver (Illustration)
Publisher Icon Books
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 30.09.2012
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)
 
EAN 9781848314061
ISBN 978-1-84831-406-1
Pages 176
Dimensions (packing) 11.9 x 16.8 x 1.5 cm
 
Series Introducing . . .
Introducing
Graphic Guides
Subjects 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
 

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