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Beyond infinity : an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics
- Title
- Beyond infinity : an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
- Author
- Cheng, Eugenia
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, [2017]
- ©2017
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- Found In
- OKS Print
- Description
- x, 284 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- 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.--
- Alternative Title
- Expedition to the outer limits of mathematics
- Subjects
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 18-1718
- ISBN
- 9780465094813
- 0465094813
- LCCN
- 2017931084
- 99974763442
- 40027185485
- OCLC
- 975485516
- Author
- Cheng, Eugenia, author.
- Title
- Beyond infinity : an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics / Eugenia Cheng.
- Publisher
- New York : Basic Books, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Found In:
- OKS Print
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9997476344240027185485
- Research Call Number
- JFD 18-1718