Beyond infinity
an expedition to the outer limits of the mathematical universe
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Word Count
76,500 words, Guess
Page Count
306 pages
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- Internet Archivebeyondinfinityex0000chen
- ISBN-101781252858
- ISBN-139781781252857
- OCLC Control Number992349249
- Better World Books9781781252857
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- Open LibraryOL26361694M
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- LCCQA9
Description
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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