Beyond infinity : an expedition to the outer limits of the mathematical universe
Cheng, Eugenia2018
Book
In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng reveals the inner workings of infinity. What happens when a new guest arrives at your infinite hotel - but you already have an infinite number of guests? How does infinity give Zeno's tortoise the edge in a paradoxical foot-race with Achilles? And can we really make an infinite number of cookies from a finite amount of cookie dough? Wielding an armoury of inventive, intuitive metaphor, Cheng draws beginners and enthusiasts alike into the heart of this mysterious, powerful concept to reveal fundamental truths about mathematics, all the way from the infinitely large down to the infinitely small.
Main title:
Author:
Cheng, Eugenia, author
Edition:
Paperback edition.
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
x, 284 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781781252864 ((pbk.))
Dewey class:
511.3
Language:
English
BRN:
468509