Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide
Publication details: United Kingdom; Icon Books Ltd; 06 Sep 2012Description: 176 Pages; PaperbackISBN:- 9781848314061
- 511.3
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Karachi Science | 511.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | PKLC006672 | ||
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Lahore Science | 511.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | PKLC001321 |
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, Godel and Mandelbrot, and shows how infinity has challenged the finest minds of science and mathematics. Prepare to enter a world of paradox.
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