Everything and More
A Compact History of [Infinity Symbol]
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2005
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (Verlag)
978-0-7538-1882-4 (ISBN)
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (Verlag)
978-0-7538-1882-4 (ISBN)
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'Unlike other books about infinity, it's approachable, fun, entertaining, informative...If Terry Pratchett wrote a book about mathematics and included most of the plot in the footnotes, it would look uncannily like this' Focus
One of the outstanding voices of his generation, David Foster Wallace has won a large and devoted following for the intellectual ambition and bravura style of his fiction and essays. Now he brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity. Is infinity a valid mathematical property or a meaningless abstraction? The nineteenth-century mathematical genius Georg Cantor's answer to this question not only surprised him but also shook the very foundations upon which math had been built. Cantor's counterintuitive discovery of a progression of larger and larger infinities created controversy in his time and may have hastened his mental breakdown, but it also helped lead to the development of set theory, analytic philosophy, and even computer technology.
One of the outstanding voices of his generation, David Foster Wallace has won a large and devoted following for the intellectual ambition and bravura style of his fiction and essays. Now he brings his considerable talents to the history of one of math's most enduring puzzles: the seemingly paradoxical nature of infinity. Is infinity a valid mathematical property or a meaningless abstraction? The nineteenth-century mathematical genius Georg Cantor's answer to this question not only surprised him but also shook the very foundations upon which math had been built. Cantor's counterintuitive discovery of a progression of larger and larger infinities created controversy in his time and may have hastened his mental breakdown, but it also helped lead to the development of set theory, analytic philosophy, and even computer technology.
David Foster Wallace is the award-winning author of two novels, two collections of stories, and a collection of essays. He lives in Berkeley, California
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.6.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 197 mm |
| Gewicht | 276 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7538-1882-5 / 0753818825 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7538-1882-4 / 9780753818824 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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