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an expedition to the outer limits of the mathematical universe

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An edition of Beyond infinity (2017)

Beyond infinity

an expedition to the outer limits of the mathematical universe

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Cover of: Beyond Infinity
Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics
2018, Basic Books
in English
Cover of: Beyond Infinity
Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of the Mathematical Universe
2018, Profile Books Limited, Profile Books Ltd
in English
Cover of: Beyond Infinity
Cover of: Beyond infinity
Beyond infinity: an expedition to the outer limits of the mathematical universe
2017, Profile Books Ltd, London : Profile Books
in English
Cover of: Beyond Infinity
Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics
2017, Basic Books
in English

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Published in
London

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Library of Congress
QA9, QA9 .C4862 2017

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Pagination
x, 284 pages
Number of pages
306

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Open Library
OL26361694M
ISBN 10
9781781252857
OCLC/WorldCat
992349249

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Work ID
OL17764490W

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Even small children know there are infinitely many whole numbers - start counting and you'll never reach the end. But there are also infinitely many decimal numbers between zero and one. Are these two types of infinity the same? Are they larger or smaller than each other? Can we even talk about 'larger' and 'smaller' when we talk about infinity? In Beyond Infinity, international maths sensation 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.

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