Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics - Hardcover

Cheng, Eugenia

 
9780465094813: Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0465094813 ISBN 13: 9780465094813
Verlag: Basic Books, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

"[Cheng] does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works." -- Wall Street Journal

How big is the universe? How many numbers are there? And is infinity + 1 is the same as 1 + infinity? Such questions occur to young children and our greatest minds. And they are all the same question: What is infinity? In Beyond Infinity, Eugenia Cheng takes us on a staggering journey from elemental math to its loftiest abstractions. Along the way, she considers how to use a chessboard to plan a worldwide dinner party, how to make a chicken-sandwich sandwich, and how to create infinite cookies from a finite ball of dough. Beyond Infinity shows how one little symbol holds the biggest idea of all.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Eugenia Cheng is Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an Honorary Visiting Fellow at City, University of London. She has authored numerous titles, including How to Bake Pi, Beyond Infinity, and x + y. Cheng lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0465094813
ISBN 13 
9780465094813
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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