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Introducing Infinity: A Graphic Guide

Brian Clegg (Author) , Oliver Pugh (Illustrator)
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  • Publisher : Icon Books
  • Publishing year : September 2012
  • Binding : Paperback
  • ISBN : 9781848314061
  • Imprint : Icon Books
  • Age Group : Young Adult
  • Language : English
Genre : Comics/Graphic Novels   |   Science   |   Reference

Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers - and provok ...

 

Infinity is a profoundly counter-intuitive and brain-twisting subject that has inspired some great thinkers - and provoked and shocked others.

The ancient Greeks were so horrified by the implications of an endless number that they drowned the man who gave away the secret. And a German mathematician was driven mad by the repercussions of his discovery of transfinite numbers.


Brian Clegg and Oliver Pugh's brilliant graphic tour of infinity features a cast of characters ranging from Archimedes and Pythagoras to al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Galileo, Newton, Leibniz, Cantor, Venn, Gödel and Mandelbrot, and shows how infinity has challenged the finest minds of science and mathematics. Prepare to enter a world of paradox.

Author : Brian Clegg

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Illustrator : Oliver Pugh

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