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: 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