Bibliograph

Beyond infinity, an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics, Eugenia Cheng

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Beyond infinity, an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics, Eugenia Cheng

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond infinity

Oclc number

975485516

Responsibility statement

Eugenia Cheng

Sub title

an expedition to the outer limits of mathematics

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

Table Of 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

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Expedition to the outer limits of mathematics

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