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Infinity
A Very Short Introduction
Taschenbuch von Ian Stewart
Sprache: Englisch

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Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and philosophy. He shows that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise, and analyses its important practical everyday applications.
Ian Stewart considers the concept of infinity and the profound role it plays in mathematics, logic, physics, cosmology, and philosophy. He shows that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise, and analyses its important practical everyday applications.
Über den Autor
Professor Ian Stewart of Warwick University is a well-known and highly successful writer on mathematics and its applications. He has authored over 80 books including From Here to Infinity (OUP, 1996), Does God Play Dice? (Penguin, 1997), Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013), and the bestselling series The Science of Discworld I, II, III, and IV with Terry Pratchett and Jack Cohen.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: Why infinity is dangerous

  • 2: The flipside of infinity

  • 3: Geometric infinity

  • 4: Infinity in probability

  • 5: Physical infinity

  • 6: Counting infinity

  • 7: Infinity revisited

  • References

  • Further Reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Philosophie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198755234
ISBN-10: 0198755236
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stewart, Ian
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 172 x 108 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Stewart
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.03.2017
Gewicht: 0,123 kg
Artikel-ID: 108468794
Über den Autor
Professor Ian Stewart of Warwick University is a well-known and highly successful writer on mathematics and its applications. He has authored over 80 books including From Here to Infinity (OUP, 1996), Does God Play Dice? (Penguin, 1997), Symmetry: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2013), and the bestselling series The Science of Discworld I, II, III, and IV with Terry Pratchett and Jack Cohen.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: Why infinity is dangerous

  • 2: The flipside of infinity

  • 3: Geometric infinity

  • 4: Infinity in probability

  • 5: Physical infinity

  • 6: Counting infinity

  • 7: Infinity revisited

  • References

  • Further Reading

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Fachbereich: Populäre Darstellungen
Genre: Philosophie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198755234
ISBN-10: 0198755236
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stewart, Ian
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Maße: 172 x 108 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Stewart
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.03.2017
Gewicht: 0,123 kg
Artikel-ID: 108468794
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