Bibliograph

Infinity, a very short introduction, Ian Stewart

Type

Label

Infinity, a very short introduction, Ian Stewart

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 131) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Infinity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

957546227

Responsibility statement

Ian Stewart

Series statement

Very short introductions, 519

Sub title

a very short introduction

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Puzzles, proofs, and paradoxes -- Encounters with the infinite -- Historical views of infinity -- The flipside of infinity -- Geometric infinity -- Physical infinity -- Counting infinity

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