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>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cleg, Bria Clegg, Brian Clegg, Clegg Brian, Pugh, Oliver Pugh
• Con la collaborazione di: Oliver Pugh (Illustrazione), Pugh Oliver (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Icon Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2012
• EAN: 9781848314061
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-406-1
• Pagine: 176
• Dimensioni: 119 mm x 168 mm x 15 mm
• Serie: Introducing . . .; Introducing . . .; Graphic Guides
• Categorie: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Astronomia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; 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