Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide by Brian Clegg, Oliver Pugh

Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide by Brian Clegg, Oliver Pugh This book is USED (not new) Condition: - Format: Publisher: Icon Books : , 2012, ISBN: 9781848314061 / 184831406X Dimensions: 11.99cm x 1.52cm x 16.61cm, 176 pages SKU: 5696ah - We use NZ Post overnight for delivery so please allow 1-5 days for delivery - If you would like to see more photos of the book, ask a question and we'll add them Book Description: 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.