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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.
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, Gödel and Mandelbrot, and shows how infinity has challenged the finest minds of science and mathematics. Prepare to enter a world of paradox.
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.
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, Gödel and Mandelbrot, and shows how infinity has challenged the finest minds of science and mathematics. Prepare to enter a world of paradox.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Astronomie |
| Genre: | Importe, Physik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Thema: | Populäre Darstellungen |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Graphic Guides |
| Inhalt: | 176 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781848314061 |
| ISBN-10: | 184831406X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Clegg, Brian |
| Illustrator: | Pugh, Oliver |
| Hersteller: |
Icon Books
Graphic Guides |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com |
| Maße: | 176 x 121 x 15 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Brian Clegg |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.09.2012 |
| Gewicht: | 0,163 kg |