Title:
Beyond infinity : an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics
Author:
Publication Date:
2017
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, [2017]
2017
Physical Description:
x, 284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9780465094813
Abstract:
A mathematician and scientist in residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago helps readers explore the concept of infinity through unique concepts including chessboards, a chicken-sandwich sandwich and the creation of infinite cookies from an infinite dough ball.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The journey. What is infinity? ; Playing with infinity ; What infinity is not ; Infinity slips away from us Again ; Counting up to infinity ; Some things are more infinite than others ; Counting beyond infinity ; Comparing infinities ; What infinity is -- The Sights. Where is infinity? ; Things that are nearly infinity ; Infinite dimensions ; Infinite-dimensional categories ; The infinitesimally small ; When infinity nearly caused mathematics to fall apart (and maybe also your brain) ; Weirdness ; Where infinity is.
Language:
English
