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The Smaller Infinity
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Author : Patricia Monk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Smaller Infinity written by Patricia Monk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Infinite Book
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Author : John D. Barrow
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-12-18
The Infinite Book written by John D. Barrow and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with Philosophy categories.
For a thousand years, infinity has proven to be a difficult and illuminating challenge for mathematicians and theologians. It certainly is the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Is matter infinitely divisible into ever-smaller pieces? But infinity is also the place where things happen that don't. All manner of strange paradoxes and fantasies characterize an infinite universe. If our Universe is infinite then an infinite number of exact copies of you are, at this very moment, reading an identical sentence on an identical planet somewhere else in the Universe. Now Infinity is the darling of cutting edge research, the measuring stick used by physicists, cosmologists, and mathematicians to determine the accuracy of their theories. From the paradox of Zeno’s arrow to string theory, Cambridge professor John Barrow takes us on a grand tour of this most elusive of ideas and describes with clarifying subtlety how this subject has shaped, and continues to shape, our very sense of the world in which we live. The Infinite Book is a thoroughly entertaining and completely accessible account of the biggest subject of them all–infinity.
Beyond Infinity
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Author : Eugenia Cheng
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2017-03-09
Beyond Infinity written by Eugenia Cheng and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-09 with Mathematics categories.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 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.
Infinity A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Ian Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-03-16
Infinity A Very Short Introduction written by Ian Stewart and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-16 with Mathematics categories.
Infinity is an intriguing topic, with connections to religion, philosophy, metaphysics, logic, and physics as well as mathematics. Its history goes back to ancient times, with especially important contributions from Euclid, Aristotle, Eudoxus, and Archimedes. The infinitely large (infinite) is intimately related to the infinitely small (infinitesimal). Cosmologists consider sweeping questions about whether space and time are infinite. Philosophers and mathematicians ranging from Zeno to Russell have posed numerous paradoxes about infinity and infinitesimals. Many vital areas of mathematics rest upon some version of infinity. The most obvious, and the first context in which major new techniques depended on formulating infinite processes, is calculus. But there are many others, for example Fourier analysis and fractals. In this Very Short Introduction, Ian Stewart discusses infinity in mathematics while also drawing in the various other aspects of infinity and explaining some of the major problems and insights arising from this concept. He argues that working with infinity is not just an abstract, intellectual exercise but that it is instead a concept with important practical everyday applications, and considers how mathematicians use infinity and infinitesimals to answer questions or supply techniques that do not appear to involve the infinite. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
A Brief History Of Infinity
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Author : Brian Clegg
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-02-07
A Brief History Of Infinity written by Brian Clegg and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-07 with Mathematics categories.
'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy We human beings have trouble with infinity - yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating its nature and complexity - yet it is a concept routinely used by schoolchildren. Exploring the infinite is a journey into paradox. Here is a quantity that turns arithmetic on its head, making it feasible that 1 = 0. Here is a concept that enables us to cram as many extra guests as we like into an already full hotel. Most bizarrely of all, it is quite easy to show that there must be something bigger than infinity - when it surely should be the biggest thing that could possibly be. Brian Clegg takes us on a fascinating tour of that borderland between the extremely large and the ultimate that takes us from Archimedes, counting the grains of sand that would fill the universe, to the latest theories on the physical reality of the infinite. Full of unexpected delights, whether St Augustine contemplating the nature of creation, Newton and Leibniz battling over ownership of calculus, or Cantor struggling to publicise his vision of the transfinite, infinity's fascination is in the way it brings together the everyday and the extraordinary, prosaic daily life and the esoteric. Whether your interest in infinity is mathematical, philosophical, spiritual or just plain curious, this accessible book offers a stimulating and entertaining read.
Infinity And The Mind
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Author : Rudy Rucker
language : en
Publisher: Bantam Books
Release Date : 1983-01-01
Infinity And The Mind written by Rudy Rucker and has been published by Bantam Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
The book contains popular expositions (accessible to readers with no more than a high school mathematics background) on the mathematical theory of infinity, and a number of related topics. These include G?del's incompleteness theorems and their relationship to concepts of artificial intelligence and the human mind, as well as the conceivability of some unconventional cosmological models. The material is approached from a variety of viewpoints, some more conventionally mathematical and others being nearly mystical. There is a brief account of the author's personal contact with Kurt G?del.An appendix contains one of the few popular expositions on set theory research on what are known as "strong axioms of infinity."
How To Count To Infinity
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Author : Marcus du Sautoy
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-09-21
How To Count To Infinity written by Marcus du Sautoy and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-21 with Mathematics categories.
Do something amazing and learn a new skill thanks to the Little Ways to Live a Big Life books! Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it... Not falling in love, but counting. Animals and humans have been using numbers to navigate their way through the jungle of life ever since we all evolved on this planet. But this book will help you to do something that humans have only recently understood how to do: to count to regions that no animal has ever reached. By the end of this book you'll be able to count to infinity...and beyond. On our way to infinity we'll discover how the ancient Babylonians used their bodies to count to 60 (which gave us 60 minutes in the hour), how the number zero was only discovered in the 7th century by Indian mathematicians contemplating the void, why in China going into the red meant your numbers had gone negative and why numbers might be our best language for communicating with alien life. But for millennia contemplating infinity has sent even the greatest minds into a spin. Then at the end of the nineteenth century mathematicians discovered a way to think about infinity that revealed that it is a number that we can count. Not only that. They found that there are an infinite number of infinities, some bigger than others. Just using the finite neurons in your brain and the finite pages in this book, you'll have your mind blown discovering the secret of how to count to infinity.
Beyond Our Little Infinity
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Author : Aparajita Das
language : en
Publisher: The Little Booktique Hub
Release Date :
Beyond Our Little Infinity written by Aparajita Das and has been published by The Little Booktique Hub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Poetry categories.
We as individuals meet such fate that makes us question ourselves. We face hurdles and life seems to have met a dead end. But as time heals, we move past our dark times and start believing in good things again. Those changes do not take place in a day, it happens slowly and gradually. It is quite strange that even though day by day nothing changes, but when we look back everything seems different. Those little unnoticeable changes happen with different experiences and people. Even the stranger that waved you a ‘good morning’, contributed to making you a happier person in a long term. That small ‘good morning’, awaked a little hope in humanity that day for you. We don’t meet people by chance; things don’t happen to us by chance, everything happens for a greater good. So, believe in the universe and live for the small things. “Beyond our little infinity”, is a tale of how two people brought each other a little more peace to lead their lives ahead.
Understanding Infinity
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Author : Anthony Gardiner
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Understanding Infinity written by Anthony Gardiner and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Mathematics categories.
Conceived by the author as an introduction to "why the calculus works," this volume offers a 4-part treatment: an overview; a detailed examination of the infinite processes arising in the realm of numbers; an exploration of the extent to which familiar geometric notions depend on infinite processes; and the evolution of the concept of functions. 1982 edition.
Images Of Infinity
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Author : Dick Tahta
language : en
Publisher: Parkwest Publications
Release Date : 1992
Images Of Infinity written by Dick Tahta and has been published by Parkwest Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This text is a collection of stories, poetry and cartoons revolving around the problems, paradoxes and theories about the infinite and the infinitesimal - ideas that people have grappled with throughout the centuries.