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Introducing Infinity Brian Clegg

Introducing Infinity By Brian Clegg

Introducing Infinity by Brian Clegg


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Compact INTRODUCING guide to a boundlessly intriguing topic.

Introducing Infinity Summary

Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide by Brian Clegg

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, Goedel and Mandelbrot, and shows how infinity has challenged the finest minds of science and mathematics. Prepare to enter a world of paradox.

About Brian Clegg

Brian Clegg is a science journalist and writer. He runs www.popularscience.co.uk and his previous books include Inflight Science (Icon Books, 2012) Before the Big Bang (St Martin's Griffin, 2011), Armageddon Science (St Martin's Press, 2010), and A Brief History of Infinity (Robinson Publishing, 2003). Oliver Pugh works in advertising.

Additional information

GOR005208012
9781848314061
184831406X
Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide by Brian Clegg
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Icon Books Ltd
2012-09-06
176
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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