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Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity

A Compact History of Infinity

by David Foster Wallace ...

"A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite."—The New York Times. With a new introduction by Neal Stephenson.Is infinity a valid mathematical property or a meaningless abstraction? David Foster Wallace brings his intellectual ambition and characteristic bravura style to the story of how mathematicians have struggled to understand the infinite, from the ancient Greeks to the nineteenth ... Read more

$12.39 USD

"A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite."—The New York Times. With a new introduction by Neal Stephenson.Is infinity a valid mathematical property or a meaningless abstraction? David Foster Wallace brings his intellectual ambition and characteristic bravura style to the story of how mathematicians have struggled to understand the infinite, from the ancient Greeks to the nineteenth
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The Infinite Book

A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless

by John D. Barrow ...

For a thousand years, infinity has proven to be a difficult and illuminating challenge for mathematicians and theologians. It certainly is the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Is matter infinitely divisible into ever-smaller pieces? But infinity is also the place where things happen ... Read more

$4.99 USD

For a thousand years, infinity has proven to be a difficult and illuminating challenge for mathematicians and theologians. It certainly is the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Is matter infinitely divisible into ever-smaller pieces? But infinity is also the place where things happen
... Read more
Principia

"The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy"

by Isaac Newton ...

Translated by Andrew Motte ...

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Latin for Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), often referred to as simply the Principia, is a work in three books by Isaac Newton, in Latin, first published 5 July 1687. After annotating and correcting his personal copy of the first edition, Newton published two further editions, in 1713 and 1726. The Principia states Newton's laws of motion ... Read more

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Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Latin for Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy), often referred to as simply the Principia, is a work in three books by Isaac Newton, in Latin, first published 5 July 1687. After annotating and correcting his personal copy of the first edition, Newton published two further editions, in 1713 and 1726. The Principia states Newton's laws of motion
... Read more
Infinite Powers

How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

by Steven Strogatz ...

From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing popular science explanation of calculus—how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.Though many of us were ... Read more

$15.99 USD

From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing popular science explanation of calculus—how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.Though many of us were
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Beyond Infinity

An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics

by Eugenia Cheng ...

**By one of our most imaginative mathematicians, a mind-expanding trip through the beauty—and the mysteries—of infinity  “Cheng does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works." —*Wall Street Journal ***Imagine something small enough to fit in your head but too large to fit in the world—or even the universe. What would you call it? And what would ... Read more

$9.99 USD

**By one of our most imaginative mathematicians, a mind-expanding trip through the beauty—and the mysteries—of infinity  “Cheng does a great service by showing us non-mathematician schlubs how real mathematical creativity works." —*Wall Street Journal ***Imagine something small enough to fit in your head but too large to fit in the world—or even the universe. What would you call it? And what would
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Sacred Geometry

How to use cosmic patterns to power up your life

by Jemma Foster ...

Series series Sacred
Sacred Geometry exists all around us in the natural world, from the unfurling of a rose bud to the pattern of a tortoise shell, the sub-atomic to the galactic. A pure expression of number and form, it is the language of creation and navigates the unseen dimensions beyond our three-dimensional reality.Since its discovery, humans have found many ways - stone circles, mandalas, labyrinths, temples- ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Sacred Geometry exists all around us in the natural world, from the unfurling of a rose bud to the pattern of a tortoise shell, the sub-atomic to the galactic. A pure expression of number and form, it is the language of creation and navigates the unseen dimensions beyond our three-dimensional reality.Since its discovery, humans have found many ways - stone circles, mandalas, labyrinths, temples-
... Read more
The Art of the Infinite

The Pleasures of Mathematics

by Robert Kaplan, Ellen Kaplan ...

A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.Mathematical symbols, for mathematicians, store worlds of meaning, leap continents and centuries. But we need not master symbols to grasp the magnificent abstractions they represent, and to which all art aspires. Through language, anyone can come to delight in the works of mathematical art, which are among our kind's ... Read more

$12.29 USD

A witty, conversational, and accessible tour of math's profoundest mysteries.Mathematical symbols, for mathematicians, store worlds of meaning, leap continents and centuries. But we need not master symbols to grasp the magnificent abstractions they represent, and to which all art aspires. Through language, anyone can come to delight in the works of mathematical art, which are among our kind's
... Read more
Quantum Physics for Beginners

by Max Thomson ...

Are you looking for a book that helps you to understand quantum physics in a simple way? Do you want to discover the Universe's secrets? Or do you want to know how quantum physics has changed our life?If you answered "yes" to at least one of these questions, then keep reading...In the heart of the matter, there is an immense world, made of billions and billions of particles, which escapes our ... Read more

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Are you looking for a book that helps you to understand quantum physics in a simple way? Do you want to discover the Universe's secrets? Or do you want to know how quantum physics has changed our life?If you answered "yes" to at least one of these questions, then keep reading...In the heart of the matter, there is an immense world, made of billions and billions of particles, which escapes our
... Read more
Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly

by James A. Lindsay, Victor J. Stenger ...

Infinity and God have been close bedfellows over the recent millennia of human thought. But this is James A. Lindsay's point. These two ideas are thought, mere concepts. Lindsay shows in a concise and readable manner that infinity is an abstraction, and shows that, in all likelihood, so is God, particularly if he has infinite properties.This book is about math. It is about God. It is about ... Read more

$9.51 USD

Infinity and God have been close bedfellows over the recent millennia of human thought. But this is James A. Lindsay's point. These two ideas are thought, mere concepts. Lindsay shows in a concise and readable manner that infinity is an abstraction, and shows that, in all likelihood, so is God, particularly if he has infinite properties.This book is about math. It is about God. It is about
... Read more
Weird Math

A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life

by David Darling, Agnijo Banerjee ...

A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematicsEveryone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're ... Read more

$16.99 USD

A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematicsEveryone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use this? It turns out, Earth is precisely the place. As teen math prodigy Agnijo Banerjee and his teacher David Darling reveal, complex math surrounds us. If we think long enough about the universe, we're
... Read more
Pi: uma autobiografia infinita

by Mahsa Allahbakhshi, Andrés Navas, Verena Rodríguez ...

Translated by Maria Cecilia Brandi ...

Sou conhecido no mundo inteiro, mas minha fama nem sempre é das melhores. Na verdade, muita gente se intimida comigo. Por isso decidi escrever minha biografia: para que me conheçam um pouco melhor e assim, quem sabe, acabem gostando um pouco mais de mim. O fato é que algumas coisas sobre mim nem eu mesmo sei, e talvez esta seja a oportunidade de você me ajudar a entendê-las.Assim começa a ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Sou conhecido no mundo inteiro, mas minha fama nem sempre é das melhores. Na verdade, muita gente se intimida comigo. Por isso decidi escrever minha biografia: para que me conheçam um pouco melhor e assim, quem sabe, acabem gostando um pouco mais de mim. O fato é que algumas coisas sobre mim nem eu mesmo sei, e talvez esta seja a oportunidade de você me ajudar a entendê-las.Assim começa a
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Introducing Infinity

A Graphic Guide

by Brian Clegg ...

Series series Graphic Guides
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 ... Read more

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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
... Read more
Eight Lessons on Infinity

A Mathematical Adventure

by Haim Shapira ...

A fun, non-technical and wonderfully engaging guide to that most powerful and mysterious of mathematical concepts: infinity.in this book, best-selling author and mathematician Haim Shapira presents an introduction to mathematical theories which deal with the most beautiful concept ever invented by humankind: infinity.In this book, best-selling author and mathematician Haim Shapira presents an ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A fun, non-technical and wonderfully engaging guide to that most powerful and mysterious of mathematical concepts: infinity.in this book, best-selling author and mathematician Haim Shapira presents an introduction to mathematical theories which deal with the most beautiful concept ever invented by humankind: infinity.In this book, best-selling author and mathematician Haim Shapira presents an
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The Rock and the Raindrop: A Space in Time

by Bjorn Wythette ...

A raindrop has seen the rise and fall of civilizations and survived deserts of ice and sand. However, despite all of her adventures, this once-powerful lady has lost her way. That is, until a gust of wind—or perhaps a twist of fate—sends her face-to-face with a lowly rock. But what good could come from a conversation with a rock? Turns out, this is no ordinary rock. This particular rock watches ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

A raindrop has seen the rise and fall of civilizations and survived deserts of ice and sand. However, despite all of her adventures, this once-powerful lady has lost her way. That is, until a gust of wind—or perhaps a twist of fate—sends her face-to-face with a lowly rock. But what good could come from a conversation with a rock? Turns out, this is no ordinary rock. This particular rock watches
... Read more
Roads to Infinity

The Mathematics of Truth and Proof

by John Stillwell ...

Series series AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2011!This book offers an introduction to modern ideas about infinity and their implications for mathematics. It unifies ideas from set theory and mathematical logic, and traces their effects on mainstream mathematical topics of today, such as number theory and combinatorics. The treatment is historical and partly informal, but with due ... Read more

$65.99 USD

Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2011!This book offers an introduction to modern ideas about infinity and their implications for mathematics. It unifies ideas from set theory and mathematical logic, and traces their effects on mainstream mathematical topics of today, such as number theory and combinatorics. The treatment is historical and partly informal, but with due
... Read more
The Nature of Infinitesimals

by Peter F. Erickson ...

Erickson explores and explains the infinite and the infinitesimal with application to absolute space, time and motion, as well as absolute zero temperature in this thoughtful treatise. Mathematicians, scientists and philosophers have explored the realms of the continuous and discrete for centuries. Erickson delves into the history of these concepts and how people learn and understand them. He ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Erickson explores and explains the infinite and the infinitesimal with application to absolute space, time and motion, as well as absolute zero temperature in this thoughtful treatise. Mathematicians, scientists and philosophers have explored the realms of the continuous and discrete for centuries. Erickson delves into the history of these concepts and how people learn and understand them. He
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Για Πρώτη Φορά Τρέξαμε Αντικείμενο Σε Ταχύτητα Φωτός Και Σας Παρουσιάζουμε Τα Συγκλονιστικά Αποτελέσματα Του Πειράματος Και Εισαγωγή Στην Απειρολογία

by Παναγιώτης Γέριμος ...

Το μοναδικό Πείραμα Που δείχνει τι συμβαίνει Σε Ένα Αντικείμενο Όταν Τρέξει Σε Ταχύτητα Φωτός, Βάσει Της Θεωρίας Της Σχετικότητας & Της Εξίσωσης e = mc2. Εισαγωγή Στην Απειρολογία & Άλλα Πρωτοποριακά Πειράματα & Θεωρίες Στην Αστροφυσική. Κατανοητή Συναρπαστική Αφήγηση Για Όλους. ... Read more

$8.32 USD

Το μοναδικό Πείραμα Που δείχνει τι συμβαίνει Σε Ένα Αντικείμενο Όταν Τρέξει Σε Ταχύτητα Φωτός, Βάσει Της Θεωρίας Της Σχετικότητας & Της Εξίσωσης e = mc2. Εισαγωγή Στην Απειρολογία & Άλλα Πρωτοποριακά Πειράματα & Θεωρίες Στην Αστροφυσική. Κατανοητή Συναρπαστική Αφήγηση Για Όλους.
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The Pea and the Sun

A Mathematical Paradox

by Leonard M. Wapner ...

Take an apple and cut it into five pieces. Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original? Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again? Neither did Leonard Wapner, author of The Pea and the Sun, ... Read more

$42.99 USD

Take an apple and cut it into five pieces. Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original? Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again? Neither did Leonard Wapner, author of The Pea and the Sun,
... Read more
The Book of Infinity

by Joel David Hamkins ...

A rich, thorough exploration of infinity that combines mathematical precision with playful, accessible coverage of a fascinating variety of paradoxes and conundrums.In this rich, thorough account of all things infinite, Joel David Hamkins combines playful thought experiments with mathematically precise exposition to explore the vast, fascinating spectrum of paradoxes and conundrums of infinity. ... Read more

$51.99 USD

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A rich, thorough exploration of infinity that combines mathematical precision with playful, accessible coverage of a fascinating variety of paradoxes and conundrums.In this rich, thorough account of all things infinite, Joel David Hamkins combines playful thought experiments with mathematically precise exposition to explore the vast, fascinating spectrum of paradoxes and conundrums of infinity.
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Introductory Concepts for Abstract Mathematics

by Kenneth E. Hummel ...

Beyond calculus, the world of mathematics grows increasingly abstract and places new and challenging demands on those venturing into that realm. As the focus of calculus instruction has become increasingly computational, it leaves many students ill prepared for more advanced work that requires the ability to understand and construct proofs. Introductory Concepts for Abstract Mathematics helps ... Read more

$94.99 USD

Beyond calculus, the world of mathematics grows increasingly abstract and places new and challenging demands on those venturing into that realm. As the focus of calculus instruction has become increasingly computational, it leaves many students ill prepared for more advanced work that requires the ability to understand and construct proofs. Introductory Concepts for Abstract Mathematics helps
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A Guide to Infinity

Ten Mathematical Journeys

by Edward R. Scheinerman ...

An accessible introduction to mathematical infinity for the endlessly curiousInfinity has traditionally been a topic for philosophers, physicists, and artists, and it can be large, scary, or highly metaphorical. For mathematicians, however, infinity is not frightening or hopelessly abstract (though it is certainly big) but rather is a normal part of their work. In this guide, award-winning ... Read more

$20.19 USD

An accessible introduction to mathematical infinity for the endlessly curiousInfinity has traditionally been a topic for philosophers, physicists, and artists, and it can be large, scary, or highly metaphorical. For mathematicians, however, infinity is not frightening or hopelessly abstract (though it is certainly big) but rather is a normal part of their work. In this guide, award-winning
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Bz-eAg5-iO, Aescandatius

by Aaron Cotton ...

A-quantic inculpates of R-Delta 0-Zeta-planarity sequential propagates elicited via t-xi-collaterality O-nonic/A-Fraktur-pronic features demarcate deformative tau-functorship y-epi-palindromal efficiency matrices-Rho-factorial/t-gather-Aleph-zeta, ad hoc minorheuristical taxonomy ubiquity set 0-i-Fraktur-W/g-inhibited g-functorized ambient-equipollent-scalar radicles for b-stratae epi-chromality ... Read more

$5.99 USD

A-quantic inculpates of R-Delta 0-Zeta-planarity sequential propagates elicited via t-xi-collaterality O-nonic/A-Fraktur-pronic features demarcate deformative tau-functorship y-epi-palindromal efficiency matrices-Rho-factorial/t-gather-Aleph-zeta, ad hoc minorheuristical taxonomy ubiquity set 0-i-Fraktur-W/g-inhibited g-functorized ambient-equipollent-scalar radicles for b-stratae epi-chromality
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Badiou, Infinity, and Subjectivity

Reading Hegel and Lacan after Badiou

by Mohammad Reza Naderi ...

Series series Continental Philosophy and the History of Thought
In Badiou, Infinity, and Subjectivity: Reading Hegel and Lacan after Badiou, Mohammad Reza Naderi elaborates on the trajectory of Alain Badiou’s philosophy by following a leading thread: the dominance of axiomatic thought and the category of mathematical infinity. According to this primary proposition, axiomatic thought is the only form of thinking adequate to the infinity of being. Using both ... Read more

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In Badiou, Infinity, and Subjectivity: Reading Hegel and Lacan after Badiou, Mohammad Reza Naderi elaborates on the trajectory of Alain Badiou’s philosophy by following a leading thread: the dominance of axiomatic thought and the category of mathematical infinity. According to this primary proposition, axiomatic thought is the only form of thinking adequate to the infinity of being. Using both
... Read more
The End of Infinity

Where Mathematics and Philosophy Meet

by Anthony C. Patton ...

The idea of infinity stands at the intersection of mathematics and philosophy. As da Vinci said, "Arithmetic is a computational science in its calculations, but it is of no avail in dealing with continuous quantity."The End of Infinity reviews the philosophical history of infinity, mathematics, numbers, and logic to demonstrate that the modern conception of infinity involves a logical and ... Read more

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The idea of infinity stands at the intersection of mathematics and philosophy. As da Vinci said, "Arithmetic is a computational science in its calculations, but it is of no avail in dealing with continuous quantity."The End of Infinity reviews the philosophical history of infinity, mathematics, numbers, and logic to demonstrate that the modern conception of infinity involves a logical and
... Read more

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